language aesthetics

[Tj]

wtanksleyjr at cox.net (William Tanksley Google) wrote in message news:<9576bbf1.0305210647.5d653a27 at posting.google.com>...
> >2.  Scheme supports "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer
> >Programs" by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman.  This is simply
> >the best computer science book I have ever read --- and among the very
> >best technical books I have ever read, period.  If you read the book
> >("READ THE BOOK!!"), you'll learn Scheme along the way.

Always compelled to point out the video lectures for the book:
http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/

Tj