[Tutor] very elementary help ... [recursion! / a plug for Sch eme]

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> The Scheme programming language:
> 
>     http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/scheme/
> 
> If you're interested, take a look at:
> 
>     http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
> 
> which is a textbook similar to "How to Think Like a Computer 
> Scientist", but uses Scheme as the teaching language.  

SICP is very good for computer scientists but a better 
online intro to scheme for beginners is:

http://www.htdp.org/

Which is available as a dead tree book under the title 
"How To Design Programs".

I've read both (I'm half way thru the latter) and HTDP is 
*much* better for a beginner with less math and a slower pace.

Just my thoughts,

Alan G.