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Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by Sargis » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:20 PM UTC

cal5k wrote: post #8

Sargis wrote: post #7

How long would it take to finish the book?

Anecdotally I've heard 8-12 months to finish it AND do all the exercises. I'm hoping it can be done faster, but I'm committed to the idea that it could take a while given my work schedule.

And here I was thinking it would take me about 2 months to finish it. Anyway, I'd definitely like to participate. Also, take a look at this: http://new.p2pu.org/en/groups/sicp-study-group/

Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by Someone » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:20 PM UTC

danparsonson wrote: post #9

For anyone who's not aware, the full text is also available online here: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

Similarly: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussma... has video recordings of lectures that follow the book.

Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by akulbe » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:23 PM UTC

I'm wanting to learn C, like you did... I'm very interested, but wouldn't I be too far behind for it to be productive for you guys?

Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by m0nastic » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:25 PM UTC

Sargis wrote: post #7

How long would it take to finish the book?

At my school we went through it in about two and a half months (my school did quarters instead of semesters), but I recommend taking more than that.

Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by makmanalp » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:28 PM UTC

Hey, how about an IRC channel? The nice thing is that a lot of people already use it and people can just hang around in there and converse when people are on. If not that, then some form of chat would be nice.

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Edit: Here we go: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/p2pu-sicp/AwNI2g5_8i...

It's #sicp on irc.freenode.net.

Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by cal5k » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:29 PM UTC

Sargis wrote: post #11

cal5k wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotally I've heard 8-12 months to finish it AND do all the exercises. I'm hoping it can be done faster, but I'm committed to the idea that it could take a while given my work schedule.

And here I was thinking it would take me about 2 months to finish it. Anyway, I'd definitely like to participate. Also, take a look at this: http://new.p2pu.org/en/groups/sicp-study-group/

Interesting, this seems to be a better way to organize the process than a wiki :-)

Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

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Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by abeppu » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:33 PM UTC

cal5k wrote: post #8

Sargis wrote: post #7

How long would it take to finish the book?

Anecdotally I've heard 8-12 months to finish it AND do all the exercises. I'm hoping it can be done faster, but I'm committed to the idea that it could take a while given my work schedule.

At Berkeley, I did 61A as a summer course (which is based on SICP). Admittedly we skipped a few sections, and of course we didn't do all the exercises, and it was hard to keep up, but if you're wiling to dedicate a reasonable chunk of time to it every day, it's possible to get the material substantially faster than that.

Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by Sargis » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:33 PM UTC

cal5k wrote: post #16

Sargis wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And here I was thinking it would take me about 2 months to finish it. Anyway, I'd definitely like to participate. Also, take a look at this: http://new.p2pu.org/en/groups/sicp-study-group/

Interesting, this seems to be a better way to organize the process than a wiki :-)

Let me know if you're going to make your own study group.

Re: Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

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Post by wicknicks » Sun, Jun 12, 2011, 7:34 PM UTC

Thanks for bringing this up. I brought the book after being inspired by Abelson's first lecture here: http://goo.gl/5Qoz9.

But never followed through with it. Since my work doesn't depend on it, it gets lowest priority. Some peer pressure should definitely fix that. Count me in.

Should we have a IRC chatroom (#sicpgroup?) as a place to have discussions?