That's the point Hal Abelson makes in the first lecture of the class he taught off SICP. That's all there is to Lisp, just like you can teach someone chess in 1

That's the point Hal Abelson makes in the first lecture of the class he taught off SICP. That's all there is to Lisp, just like you can teach someone chess in 10 minutes. SICP is about becoming a grandmaster.