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More than anything else, that paragraph is what kept me coming back when I first started learning to program and struggled mightily. I lugged that huge book aro
by ra88it 9y ago
More than anything else, that paragraph is what kept me coming back when I first started learning to program and struggled mightily. I lugged that huge book around in my book bag for months, trying and failing to fully grok one of the earlier chapters, until I found a professor who was willing to help me with it. Ultimately we (the professor and I) were able to do a one semester independent study focusing on the material from SICP.
I used to read and re-read that paragraph. I read it aloud to my parents and to girlfriends, trying to find somebody to share my awe.
- adamc 9y ago<3 Sometimes it is hard to find others who share an appreciation of the beauty of mathemtics or computing. People look at me funny when I say programming is every bit as much an art as writing a poem. Almost any human activity can be an art.
- lisper 9y ago> writing a poem On that analogy, Lisp is like French. Other languages are like German. (And before you downvote me please note: I am a native German speaker.)
- mooss 9y agoThat's funny because I am a native French speaker and I find German to be a very pleasing language to speak out loud. The sonorities are oddly satisfying to me. Please note that I am nowhere near fluent in German. It just feels great, especially the way words can agglutinate to form comically long words, while still transporting meaning.
- farray 9y agoLes mathématiciens sont comme les Français: quoiqu'on leur dise, ils le traduisent dans leur propre langue, et cela devient alors quelque chose de complètement différent. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe