Racket Programming the Fun Way: From Strings to Turing Machines

364 Pages·2020·17.179 MB·English

by  James W. Stelly

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F R O M S T R I N G S T O T U R I N G M A C H I N E S
J A M E S W . S T E L L Y

RACKET PROGRAMMING
THE FUN WAY

R A C K E T
P R O G R A M M I N G
T H E FUN WAY
From Strings to Turing Machines
by James W. Stelly
SanFrancisco
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About the Author
JamesW.Stellyhasbeendabblingwithcomputersasbothahobbyistand
professionalforoverfourdecades. Hehasdegreesinbothcomputerscience
andmathematicsfromtheUniversityofHouston. Asahobbyist,hisprojects
includeroboticsusingArduinoandRaspberryPialongwithnumerousex-
plorationsofprogramminglanguagesrangingfrommachinelanguageto
C++(andmanyothers). Hisdayjob(nowparttimesinceretirement)isde-
velopingalineofbusinessapplicationsprimarilyaimedatrecordkeeping
anddatamanagement.
About the Technical Reviewer
MatthewFlattisaprofessorintheSchoolofComputingattheUniversity
ofUtah,whereheworksonextensibleprogramminglanguages,run-time
systems,andapplicationsoffunctionalprogramming. Heisoneofthede-
velopersoftheRacketprogramminglanguageandaco-authoroftheintro-
ductoryprogrammingtextbookHowtoDesignPrograms.