10 ms·
How do these compare to the SICP lectures, for beginners? Can anyone who has seen them both give a comparison? (I've always recommended the SICP videos to beg
by michael_dorfman 18y ago
How do these compare to the SICP lectures, for beginners? Can anyone who has seen them both give a comparison?
(I've always recommended the SICP videos to beginners.)
- niels_olson 18y agowow, I had no idea. SICP is sitting on my shelf, I had no idea there was a lecture series that went along with it. I'll take a look at the first few. I will say, I suspect the fact that Harvey's lectures gain currency with the video viewer simply because some of his examples, like map reduce, are very current and topical. I'll check out the first few. But even now I can tell you I prefer scheme from Harvey over Python from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/index.xhtml http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/index.xhtml), although thinkCSpy is still on my to do list. I can't help but wonder if my physics background is finding functional programming more attractive. However, I still haven't gotten comfy with Emacs, still using Vi and the REPL. BTW, the torrents don't seem to be seeded.