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SICP isn't so much about Scheme, but language design principles, the beauty of abstraction, the dangers of mutable state, and the inability of a reactionary, fu
by jobeirne 17y ago
SICP isn't so much about Scheme, but language design principles, the beauty of abstraction, the dangers of mutable state, and the inability of a reactionary, functional approach to compensate for the lack of a mutable state.
But I would still go with SICP.
- vorador 17y agoI second that. Sicp, though, is quite hard conceptually (for instance, I've been baffled by church numerals and the y combinator), but in a good way. You may want to read something more entry-level before, though.
- Jach 17y agoIn addition, the series at http://academicearth.org/courses/the-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs http://academicearth.org/courses/the-structure-and-interpret... is pretty good as well.