> it appears that MIT has a similar course[2] with a free online textbook lol. you're looking for SICP[1] and if you're interested in this stuff, and you haven

> it appears that MIT has a similar course[2] with a free online textbook lol. you're looking for SICP[1] and if you're interested in this stuff, and you haven't read it yet, you should a) buy it and burn all your other books so as not to distract you, b) google "sicp site:news.ycombinator.com" to convince yourself i'm not full of hot air, and c) email me so i can get you in on my online participate-as-you-have-time discussion group which is not yet organized but we will start in a week or two ;) [1] http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#%_toc_start http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#...