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* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (A Scheme Crash Course): Link to "A Scheme
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@ -284,24 +284,41 @@ depends on the @code{(guix store)} module and it exports two variables,
@code{ruby-build} and @code{ruby-build-system}.
@end itemize
For a more detailed introduction, check out
@uref{http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/scheme_guile/hello.htm, Scheme
at a Glance}, by Steve Litt.
@quotation Going further
Scheme is a language that has been widely used to teach programming and
you'll find plenty of material using it as a vehicle. Here's a
selection of documents to learn more about Scheme:
One of the reference Scheme books is the seminal ``Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programs'', by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay
Sussman, with Julie Sussman. You'll find a
@uref{https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html, free copy
online}, together with
@uref{https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/video-lectures/,
videos of the lectures by the authors}. The book is available in Texinfo
format as the @code{sicp} Guix package. Go ahead, run @code{guix install
sicp} and start reading with @code{info sicp} (@pxref{Top,,, sicp, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs}).
An @uref{https://sarabander.github.io/sicp/, unofficial ebook is also
available}.
@itemize
@item
@uref{https://spritely.institute/static/papers/scheme-primer.html, @i{A
Scheme Primer}}, by Christine Lemmer-Webber and the Spritely Institute.
@item
@uref{http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/scheme_guile/hello.htm,
@i{Scheme at a Glance}}, by Steve Litt.
@item
@uref{https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html,
@i{Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs}}, by Harold
Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, with Julie Sussman. Colloquially known
as ``SICP'', this book is a reference.
You can also install it and read it from your computer:
@example
guix install sicp info-reader
info sicp
@end example
An @uref{https://sarabander.github.io/sicp/, unofficial ebook} is also
available.
@end itemize
You'll find more books, tutorials and other resources at
@url{https://schemers.org/}.
@end quotation
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