[vox] Programming site...

[Brian Lavender]

I find Dan Friedman's Little Schemer book interesting.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:09:18AM -0800, Mikies Runs Baal wrote:
> Heya,
>
> I recently heard about and found this site for the programmers among us.
>
>
> http://projecteuler.net/
>
>
>    About Project Euler
>
> Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)
>
>
>      What is Project Euler?
>
> Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer  
> programming problems that will require more than just mathematical  
> insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant  
> and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will  
> be required to solve most problems.
>
> The motivation for starting Project Euler, and its continuation, is to  
> provide a platform for the inquiring mind to delve into unfamiliar areas  
> and learn new concepts in a fun and recreational context.
>
>
>      Who are the problems aimed at?
>
> The intended audience include students for whom the basic curriculum is  
> not feeding their hunger to learn, adults whose background was not  
> primarily mathematics but had an interest in things mathematical, and  
> professionals who want to keep their problem solving and mathematics on  
> the edge.
>
>
>      Can anyone solve the problems?
>
> The problems range in difficulty and for many the experience is  
> inductive chain learning. That is, by solving one problem it will expose  
> you to a new concept that allows you to undertake a previously  
> inaccessible problem. So the determined participant will slowly but  
> surely work his/her way through every problem.
>
> TTYL,
>
> MJR
>
>
>
> On 7/23/2011 10:25 PM, Mikies Runs Baal wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>> Never heard of this site before, but well  worth a 2nd look and bookmarking.
>>
>> MJR
>>
>> On 7/23/2011 7:04 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>> Seen on SF-LUG:
>>>
>>> ----- Forwarded message from Grant Bowman<grantbow at partimus.org>   -----
>>>
>>> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:06:43 -0700
>>> From: Grant Bowman<grantbow at partimus.org>
>>> Subject: [sf-lug] Khan Academy starts a Computer Science playlist
>>> To: SF-LUG<sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>, OLPC SF<olpc-sf at lists.laptop.org>,
>>>           discussion at lists.partimus.org
>>>
>>> This is forwarded from the Humbolt LUG.
>>>
>>> Grant
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "John Hauser"<jhauser at pobox.com>
>>> Date: Jul 18, 2011 11:25 AM
>>> Subject: [linux] Khan Academy starts a Computer Science playlist
>>> To: "HumLUG"<linux at redwood.humboldt.edu>
>>>
>>> any of you who've attended recent monthly meetings have heard me
>>> blather on about the Khan Academy and it's founder Sal Khan.
>>> http://www.khanacademy.org
>>>
>>> now he's turning his focus to Computer Science and has produced a
>>> series of videos about learning python and some simple computer
>>> science topics.
>>>
>>> if you're interested in learning python at your own pace, check out
>>> the Computer Science playlist:
>>> http://www.khanacademy.org/#computer-science
>>>
>>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>>
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Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/

"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."

Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture