sicp-exercises
What
"Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" exercises I'm working through.
Based on this classic CS Textbook. Historically, this has been the textbook used in MIT's first level CS class.
These exercises are coded in LISP using the mit-scheme interpreter.
Why I'm doing this:
This is a classic textbook that contains many concepts that are missed the first time around in a CS education. (e.g. normal-order evaluation vs applicative-order evaluation, what data actually is, etc.)
I'm fascinated by the idea of formally specifying a program mathematically such that one can prove (using math) a program is correct and free of bugs. This book shows how to do that, in addition to a number of other intriguing topics.
Setup
Install mit-scheme
Run the scheme files using scheme --load ex1-1a.scm