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It's available online for free from the publisher: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html (I wish I'd kept my Knight of the Lambda Calculus button. Even having had prior programming experience, 6.001 was not pleasant.)
> Let's see if we can put this in terms that the undergrads will understand -- a problem set It would be more accurate to say "in terms that MIT/Stanford/Ivy undergrads will understand", considering most universities just call it "homework". Since that's the background Paul and many of his colleagues come from, it's understandable. However, as a CS undergrad at a more run-of-the-mill university, it's a bit discouragi…
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I have the feeling anything PG says these days is applauded w/o proper reflection. Maybe it’s just me, but I have the feeling most of his thoughts are quite profane
This applies to all prominent people at any time in history.
> Let's see if we can put this in terms that the undergrads will understand -- a problem set It would be more accurate to say "in terms that MIT/Stanford/Ivy undergrads will understand", considering most universities just call it "homework". Since that's the background Paul and many of his colleagues come from, it's understandable. However, as a CS undergrad at a more run-of-the-mill university, it's a bit discouragi…
I've been out of university too long to know what they called homework (plus I never did it, hence my B- average), but problem set sounds about right.
> Let's see if we can put this in terms that the undergrads will understand -- a problem set It would be more accurate to say "in terms that MIT/Stanford/Ivy undergrads will understand", considering most universities just call it "homework". Since that's the background Paul and many of his colleagues come from, it's understandable. However, as a CS undergrad at a more run-of-the-mill university, it's a bit discouragi…
> Let's see if we can put this in terms that the undergrads will understand -- a problem set It would be more accurate to say "in terms that MIT/Stanford/Ivy undergrads will understand", considering most universities just call it "homework". Since that's the background Paul and many of his colleagues come from, it's understandable. However, as a CS undergrad at a more run-of-the-mill university, it's a bit discouragi…
I first read SICP after 25 years of professional development, and while I didn't learn anything new I did see things in a whole new light. I think it would have been really useful to have read the book 25 years ago: I think you're going to benefit from having a few years of real-world development experience before reading this book. The profundity, impact and applicability to your work will be much greater. Highly re…
> I first read SICP after 25 years of professional development, and while I didn't learn anything new I did see things in a whole new light. How is possible that you read the whole book and didn't learn anything new?
A text like this may not introduce the reader to any new-to-them CS content. Instead, especially if they have a good bit of experience behind them, it reorganizes their thinking. Which can be just as valuable.
Maybe someone can take up the mantle on that.