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How to recommend books, or, stop recommending SICP
- ColinWright 5y agoDiscussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30150990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30150990
- brudgers 5y agoSICP is heavy on math and physics any more than it is heavy on banking regulations (see https://sarabander.github.io/sicp/html/3_002e1.xhtml https://sarabander.github.io/sicp/html/3_002e1.xhtml). Illustrative examples are drawn from the domains of math and physics in the same way that they are drawn from employee-has-wage-and-works-hours or car-is-vehicle domains without requiring expertise.