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What's deterring me from pulling the trigger on the Scheme version is the price. CAD$87 seems a bit steep for a paperback edition that's almost 30 years old. Th
by Lyngbakr 3y ago
What's deterring me from pulling the trigger on the Scheme version is the price. CAD$87 seems a bit steep for a paperback edition that's almost 30 years old. The JavaScript version is CAD$20 cheaper.
- bamfly 3y agoSeeing a lot of $25-45 (USD) used price. Used books are awesome. I have north of 500 books and I doubt more than 50 were purchased new. Only that many because some of my relatives want Christmas and birthday wishlists every year, but won't shop anywhere but Amazon and think it's weird to buy someone a used book as a gift (I'd rather have 2-3x as many books for the same money, but hey, I'm not the one paying, so whatever, I guess).
- Lyngbakr 3y agoI ended up at Alibris. CAD$45 + CAD$15 shipping for 'very good' condition.
- whartung 3y agoSICP, as a book, is very nice. It's a great size, not too big, light and nimble to carry around. Many books, notably text books, are pretty big and ungainly. But SICP is just a really nice package. (Mind, I have not seen the paperback, I have a hardback from mutter mumble years ago.)
- Jtsummers 3y agoFortunately it's also freely available online. But if you know anyone in the US, you can get it a lot cheaper (though still paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Structure-Interpretation-Computer-Programs-Engineering/dp/0262510871/ https://www.amazon.com/Structure-Interpretation-Computer-Pro... Even having them ship it to you will probably be cheaper than that CAD price. It's unfortunate the price has shot up so much, I guess I'll be taking very good care of my hardback edition. https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/books_pres_0/6515/sicp.zip/index.html https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/b...