I basically agree with this opinion on SICP: Many of the illustrations are based on mathematics and a lot of problems require a decent amount of mathematical m

I basically agree with this opinion on SICP: Many of the illustrations are based on mathematics and a lot of problems require a decent amount of mathematical maturity to tackle. I think it’s a great book for anyone decently mathematically competent but for people who don’t really know what to write when asked for a proof, I think it’s a lot more difficult. Apart from the mathematics based examples, a lot of the way things are explained is not very related to actual machines and relies a lot on abstract symbol manipulation, something that is easy not to notice if one is used to mathematics, but is often very difficult if one is not.