You have your causation backwards. SICP has valuable ideas in it. But those ideas are best understood using a particular tool. You can use other tools to und

You have your causation backwards. SICP has valuable ideas in it. But those ideas are best understood using a particular tool. You can use other tools to understand it, but it will be more work and you won't understand it as well. Just like you could use a screwdriver to drive a nail into a board. But it will be easier and better understood if you use a hammer. The nail provides the same value either way.