Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming
"This book follows in the fine tradition of Abelson/Sussman and Kamin's book on interpreters, but goes well beyond them, covering functional and Smalltalk-like languages as well as more advanced concepts in concurrent programming, distributed programming, and some of the finer points of C++ and Java."--Peter Norvig, Google Inc."In almost 20 years since Abelson and Sussman revolutionized the teaching of computer science with theirStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, this is the first book I've seen that focuses on big ideas and multiple paradigms, asSICPdoes, but chooses a very different core model (declarative programming). I wouldn't have made all the choices Van Roy and Haridi have made, but I learned a lot from reading this book, and I hope it gets a wide audience." --Brian Harvey, Lecturer, Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley"This is a fascinating book. It's been almost 20 years since Abelson and Sussman revolutionized the teaching of computer science with their _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_. In all that time, there have been several books (some of them quite good) following SICP's ideas pretty closely, and of course many books following the old pedagogy in which the details of aprogramming language are the focus, with few deep ideas. But this is the first book I've seen that focuses on big ideas and multiple paradigms, as _SICP_ does, but chooses a very different core model (declarative programming) -- the first real intellectual competition to Abelson and Sussman. I wouldn't have made all the choices Van Roy and Haridi have made, but I learned a lot from reading this book, and I hope it gets a wide audience."--Brian Harvey, Lecturer, Computer Science Division, University of California, BerkeleyPlease note: This is the full endorsement text, to be used if possible in publicity and promotional materials. For the book cover, and in places where a shorter version is needed, please use the following: "In almost 20 years since Abelson and Sussman revolutionized the teaching of computer science with their _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_, this is the first book I've seen that focuses on big ideas and multiple paradigms, as _SICP_ does, but chooses a very different core model (declarative programming). I wouldn't have made all the choices Van Roy and Haridi have made, but I learned a lot from reading this book, and I hope it gets a wide audience."