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The book opens with "What you'll learn: Java."

• Open-Juicer 15y ago
  You'll learn Scheme going through SICP too. From the author: "It is a good idea to study the programming language that you use on a daily basis and to learn as much as possible about it. We strongly believe, however, that it is a bad idea to teach the details of any programming language in a course. Nobody can predict which programming language you will use. Therefore, time in a course is better spent on studying the general principles of program design rather than the arcane principles of any given programming language."
• ekiru 15y ago
  It actually says "What you won't learn: Java."
  • mcantor 15y ago
    In my defense, this is what shows up on my screen: What you will learn What you won't learn Java. Weird!
    • contrast 15y ago
      Your defense is that you badly misquoted what shows up on your screen? That is weird...
      • mcantor 15y ago
        Honest question: Is that really what you thought? It seems obvious to me that I was implying a defense that the phrase I quoted also appears on the page, directly next to the phrase ekiru quoted, which makes the mixup a little more understandable, because it means I didn't see something that simply didn't exist. Did you get that and post your reply anyway, or did I just express myself poorly?