PC Scheme
User's Guide and Language Reference Manual
Texas Instruments Incorporated(Author)
MIT Press
3rd Edition
Published on 29. May 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-262-70040-5 (ISBN)
Description
PC Scheme can serve as the basis for a stand-alone course in LISP or as
an accompaniment to an artificial intelligence course. At MIT and elsewhere it has
also been used as the computer language for the introductory course in computer
science. Designed from the start to fit an academic environment, PC Scheme has
gained increasing use in research for its elegance and power. It is both a good
teaching language and a serious tool for producing applications and systems
software.System requirements: IBM PC, PC/XT, or AT as well as IBM personal system/2,
TI's Professional, Portable Professional, or Business-Pro computers. 512K minimum
memory. Some examples in the User's Guide require additional graphics hardware such
as a color graphics adaptor.Includes diskette for IBM or TI systems
an accompaniment to an artificial intelligence course. At MIT and elsewhere it has
also been used as the computer language for the introductory course in computer
science. Designed from the start to fit an academic environment, PC Scheme has
gained increasing use in research for its elegance and power. It is both a good
teaching language and a serious tool for producing applications and systems
software.System requirements: IBM PC, PC/XT, or AT as well as IBM personal system/2,
TI's Professional, Portable Professional, or Business-Pro computers. 512K minimum
memory. Some examples in the User's Guide require additional graphics hardware such
as a color graphics adaptor.Includes diskette for IBM or TI systems
More details
Edition
3rd Trade ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1157 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-70040-5 (9780262700405)
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