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Hmm, I didn't get your dichotomy... By "half" did you mean the first half? IMHO the main dish of SICP is chapter 4 and 5 (ch1-3 is just laying foundations), an
by shiro 10y ago
Hmm, I didn't get your dichotomy... By "half" did you mean the first half? IMHO the main dish of SICP is chapter 4 and 5 (ch1-3 is just laying foundations), and the content of latter chapters is strongly connected to system-level things like compilers, run-times, processor design etc.---it's not as immediately applicable as like the Dragon Book, but SICP gives you the perspective, in a sense that it shows broader possible design space within which you can locate the current OS / hardware / language technology.
- jeffreyrogers 10y agoI meant roughly half by page count. I stopped after that point because I was bored.
- shiro 10y agoYeah I agree that the first 3 chapters are somewhat archaic, and especially if the reader already has programming experience it looks like it is reinventing some mundane features.