24Aug/090
Exercise 2.39 of SICP
Exercise 2.39: Complete the following definitions of reverse (exercise 2.18) in terms of fold-right and fold-left from exercise 2.38:
(define (reverse sequence) (fold-right (lambda (x y) <??>) nil sequence)) (define (reverse sequence) (fold-left (lambda (x y) <??>) nil sequence))
(define (fold-right fn init-value items) (if (null? items) init-value (fn (car items) (fold-right fn init-value (cdr items))))) (define (fold-left op initial sequence) (define (iter result rest) (if (null? rest) result (iter (op result (car rest)) (cdr rest)))) (iter initial sequence)) (define (reverse-right sequence) (fold-right (lambda (x y) (append y (list x))) '() sequence)) (define (reverse-left sequence) (fold-left (lambda (x y) (cons y x)) '() sequence))
> (reverse-right (list 1 2 3))
(3 2 1)
> (reverse-left (list 1 2 3))
(3 2 1)