Since this is actually the same edition that's been available for at least 7 years, but you still clicked the link, it's very likely you're interested in something along those lines. Consider getting "Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming First Edition"[1] by Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi. Although not exactly cutting edge (2004) and Oz-centric[2], still a great read and, for many, a fresh perspective.
Looking over the ToC there seems to be at least some overlap, but at a more basic level and sans the over arching concepts of APoSD.
Jtsummers · 57m ago
HTDP teaches how to program. Philosophy does not. That's pretty much the entire difference, they're in different categories of books. Philosophy assumes you know how to program, and attempts to teach a way of programming. HTDP starts from the beginning with no assumptions about the reader's ability to program.
adamddev1 · 1h ago
Working through this was extremely helpful in getting me to think about building things with types, functions, and recursion. I saw an exponential increase in my problem-solving abilities after it. Can't recommend it enough.
KingEllis · 2h ago
Their website says 2014. Amazon says 2018. But definitely not 2024, unless I am missing something.
I think this is the 2024 digital release of the 2014/2018 physical publication.
warkdarrior · 3h ago
Has anyone summarized HTDP into a prompt for something like Claude? Does it improve the quality of code generated?
paffdragon · 3h ago
It's very likely that it has been already scraped by AI bots.
sulam · 2h ago
Yes, but also a lot of other things. It's important to direct the LLM to emphasize some embeddings vs others. This makes the chances of you getting good results exponentially higher.
soco · 1h ago
But that would be supervised learning which we don't do (anymore) around here... honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the whole craze circles back to good old supervision, albeit many times empowered by what we have today on the shelves.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts,_Techniques,_and_Mode...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_(programming_language)
PS: I'll appreciate your recommendations as replies!
Like: what’s different from just “the rust programming language” (which is obviously not a beginner text, just trolling).
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37975558
Looking over the ToC there seems to be at least some overlap, but at a more basic level and sans the over arching concepts of APoSD.
I think this is the 2024 digital release of the 2014/2018 physical publication.