Your comment on book-draft? Programming Essentials with Guile Scheme

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <[email protected]> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 16:53:09 +0200

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Hi,

Naming and Logic -- programming essentials with Scheme
is a small 64-page booklet I’ve been writing for the past year:
https://www.draketo.de/software/programming-scheme.html
https://www.draketo.de/software/programming-scheme.pdf
To be printed on DinA6-paper (DinA5 for a large-font version).

> a concise start, a no-frills, opinionated intro to programming from
> first define to deploying an application

I’m now in the last proof-reading iteration on a print, so I’d like to
ask for your comments and whether you see problems.

Problems like jumps in logic, hard to understand parts that absolutely
require more explanation, or information you need earlier that’s only
provided later, but also other small changes that would improve it (as
long as they do not add more than one page).

My goal is to keep this as short as possible, but still long enough that
people can actually realize logic in code and actually release that as
working application after working through the book. And it’s intended to
fit in the back pocket of your trousers.

One concrete question: can I use "The extension language of the GNU
project" on the cover or would that infringe on the FSF trademark?

The book is licensed under cc by-sa, the full source is available on
https://hg.sr.ht/~arnebab/draketo/browse/software/programming-scheme.org

Best wishes,
Arne
-- 
Unpolitisch sein
heißt politisch sein,
ohne es zu merken.
draketo.de

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