Some Scheme-based Introductory Programming Texts

• Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, second edition. MIT Press, 1996. 657pp.
  • The MIT 6.001 course text, henceforth referred to as SICP. A masterpiece.

• Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen. The Little Schemer, fourth edition. MIT Press, 1995. 216pp.
  • An elementary Scheme tutorial in dialog form.

• Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand, and Christopher T. Haynes. Essentials of Programming Languages. MIT Press, 1992. 536pp.
  • Programming language implementation in Scheme; a sequel to SICP.

• Brian Harvey and Matthew Wright. Simply Scheme. MIT Press, 1994. 583pp.
  • An intro to functional programming in Scheme designed as a prequel to SICP.

• Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser, and Karl Knight Concrete Abstractions. Brooks/Cole Publishing, c. 1999. 670pp.
  • An attractive alternative to SICP.

• Vincent Manis and James Little. The Schematics of Computation . Prentice-Hall, 1995.
  • An attractive alternative to SICP.

• George Springer and Daniel P. Friedman. Scheme and the Art of Programming. MIT Press, 1989. 617pp.
  • Intro to programming in Scheme comparable at a level comparable to SICP. Does not cover concurrency, interpreters or compilers; does cover control abstractions such as continuations.

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