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> Nice to see Reddit knows about SICP though! ...truly a tome from the abyss of obscurity.
by adamnemecek 9y ago
> Nice to see Reddit knows about SICP though!
...truly a tome from the abyss of obscurity.
- tmccrmck 9y agoI can't tell if you're joking or not. If you read HN ten years ago, you would hear about SICP and Lisp constantly. Makes sense when you consider who made this site.
- adamnemecek 9y agoI am, I know and I know.
- huehehue 9y agoSeems super common and overhyped for the HN or /prog/ community, sure. Though, at 5 jobs over 3 years I haven't worked with a single person who's ever heard of SICP (or really any programming book for that matter). That includes security & big Data work at a Fortune 500. Quite few professional programmers (in the grand scheme of things) actually read programming books unless they're forced to.
- adamnemecek 9y ago> Quite few professionals (in the grand scheme of things) actually read programming books unless they're forced to. FTFY. I agree, it's a shame but at the same time I understand.
- y4mi 9y agoWhy should a barber, mechanic or whatever be expected to read books about programming? Your fix makes the sentence easier to read, but only with a trade-off