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Presentation ideas?
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| Griff 2007-02-08, 10:07 pm |
| Hi folks,
At work we have one hour presentations from a co-worker every couple
of w s. Over the past couple of months I've been looking at Scheme.
Honestly, I'm excited about it. I love it. I need more time to study
and practice, but I would like to talk about it for the presentation.
The problem is I don't know where to start, and I also don't know
where to focus in order to keep it around 1-1.25 hours.
The things that interest me most right now are that with the same
language you can:
Add syntactic elements: If I want 'for' loops, I can add them
Experiment with language design, seemingly easily
Start to understand why functions as first class objects is
interesting
Most importantly I love that Scheme seems to communicate the very
essence of ideas.
My friend once told me that writers start by writing what they want to
say in 200 words, and then cut it in half, and further in half, and so
on until they are left with what is essential. That reminds me of
Scheme.
Too, when you learn to play guitar, your hand gets tired because you
play largely with a brute force to get the fingerings right. After a
while, you play more with finesse than with brute force. That reminds
me of Scheme, the ability to work more with finesse than with brute
force.
Those are my thoughts right now. Any feedback is welcome.
Regards,
Griff
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| Marlene Miller 2007-02-10, 4:16 am |
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"Griff" wrote...
> Hi folks,
>
> At work we have one hour presentations from a co-worker every couple
> of ws. Over the past couple of months I've been looking at Scheme.
> Honestly, I'm excited about it. I love it. I need more time to study
> and practice, but I would like to talk about it for the presentation.
> The problem is I don't know where to start, and I also don't know
> where to focus in order to keep it around 1-1.25 hours.
I suggest you work through these books together
The Little Schemer
The Seasoned Schemer
The Little MLer
The Reasoned Schemer
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