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Programming and Meta-Programming in Scheme

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  1. Jon Pearce

    1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, San Jose University, San Jose, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jon Pearce
    Pages 1-4

  3. Expressions and Values

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    Pages 5-30

  4. Procedures

    • Jon Pearce
    Pages 31-77

  5. Evaluation Control and Recursion

    • Jon Pearce
    Pages 78-120

  6. Data Control

    • Jon Pearce
    Pages 121-169

  7. Iteration

    • Jon Pearce
    Pages 170-208

  8. Recursive Domains

    • Jon Pearce
    Pages 209-256

  9. Variables

    • Jon Pearce
    Pages 257-292

  10. Expressions as Values

    • Jon Pearce
    Pages 293-330

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 331-341
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About this book

By now, Scheme is a well-established programming language and is finding increasing popularity in programming courses for undergraduates. Its expressive capabilities are matched by a simplicity of language and ease-of-use which have made its adherents disciples! This textbook provides a comprehensive first course in Scheme and covers all of its major features: abstraction, functional programming, data types, recursion, and semantic programming. Although the primary goal of this text is to teach students to program in Scheme, it will be suitable for any student studying a general programming principles course. Each chapter is divided into three sections: core, appendix , and problems. Most essential topics are covered in the core section, but it is assumed that most students will read the appendices and solve most of the problems. (Nearly all of the problems require students to write short Scheme procedures.) As well as providing a thorough grounding in Scheme, the author discusses in depth different programming paradigms. An important theme throughout is that of "meta-programming": the perspective that programs themselves can be treated as data, and hence can be analyzed and modified as objects. This provides insight into topics such as type-checking and overloading which might otherwise be missed.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, San Jose University, San Jose, USA

    Jon Pearce

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Programming and Meta-Programming in Scheme

  • Authors: Jon Pearce

  • Series Title: Undergraduate Texts in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1682-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98320-2Due: 12 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7243-4Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-1682-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 341

  • Topics: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

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