"Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" in Python?
Dirk Gerrits
dirk at gerrits.homeip.net
Tue Jun 17 07:39:11 EDT 2003
Peter Olsen wrote:
> Has anyone translated some of the programs in Abelson and Sussman's
> "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" from Scheme into
> Python.
>
> Python has replace Scheme as my favorite language, but I doubt that
> anything will ever replace SICP as my favorite CS book. I'd like to
> see the two melded, but probably I will ever have the time to do it
> myself.
As Ronald already noted, it could be done for the earlier chapters. But
the Python grammar is a lot more complex than Scheme's. I think the
evaluators and interpreters of the later chapters would be quite a
challenge, and mostlikely many times larger than their Scheme counterparts.
Regards,
Dirk Gerrits
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