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I think it makes sense to use whatever language you want, and the ideas in the book don't only apply to Scheme. I've been working through the book in Javascrip
by ahuth 7y ago
I think it makes sense to use whatever language you want, and the ideas in the book don't only apply to Scheme.
I've been working through the book in Javascript - https://github.com/ahuth/sicp/ https://github.com/ahuth/sicp/. Maybe I'm losing something by doing it in JS instead of Scheme, but I'm still learning a lot and having a ton of fun.
Wrote a little bit about SICP here: https://ahuth.github.io/articles/the-first-time-sicp-blew-my-mind https://ahuth.github.io/articles/the-first-time-sicp-blew-my....
- antonvs 7y agoI think if a language has decent lambdas - JavaScript qualifies - it'll work for SICP. That said, using Scheme for it will give you a much better appreciation of an underrated language.