The SICP study group met today. We agreed to do the following: read a section of the book. solve the exercises in the section. see the videos. come with doubts/insights etc for the next meetup. We agreed to meetup once in 2 weeks. So, here I am, (re)starting the SICP from today. Hopefully this time [...]
Category Archives: SICP
SICP Challenge
14-Mar-10SICP Study group
10-Mar-10Some of us in the bangalore-fp group have decided to form a study group on SICP. The main reason behind study groups is that it is a great way to learn any new subject or a literary work. People share what they read, ask questions, have discussions around these questions they ask etc etc. Also [...]
debian and other off-work projects
08-Nov-09I met another debian package maintainer today for gpg key signing and general chat. I understood how horribly outdated I am, with the happenings in the debian world though I still manage to read some of the debian emails. It provided enough motivation for me to work on some of my packages.But that would mean [...]
SICP and wishful thinking
23-Sep-09One of the most powerful ideas conveyed by SICP is the idea of designing programs by “wishful thinking”. It is a simple but powerful concept. The idea is that if you want to design a large program, then we think in terms of some building blocks and use them in our program as if they [...]
Common Lisp and SICP
17-Sep-09I have made a bit of progress with my Common Lisp studies, though I still find it a very hard to think in Lisp. I guess it takes time and practice to achieve it. I also could view some of the SICP video lectures though I haven’t followed up on the relevant text sections. I [...]
Lisp, again
02-Sep-09Since Neuros OSD2 hacking has been abandoned and also because my ham radio interests are currently in hibernation and also since my family is away for a while, I decided to take up some self learning. I have decided to re-start my lisp studies. The goal is to reach a stage where I can write [...]