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Essentials of Programming Languages, 3rd Edition

Daniel P. Friedman,Mitchell Wand

English Intermediate Programming Languages
4.7 / 5

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2008

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433

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For several years I've taught an advanced undergraduate programming language course using the second edition of this book. Now I think I see why it's priced at $60, and the third edition is only $44. The third edition loses the simplicity and elegance of the second, replacing i

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For several years I've taught an advanced undergraduate programming language course using the second edition of this book. Now I think I see why it's priced at $60, and the third edition is only $44. The third edition loses the simplicity and elegance of the second, replacing it with unnecessary abstraction and complexity (expressed versus denoted values), and treating the fun, hands-on part (implementation in Scheme) almost as an afterthought. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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