No. If you think that's the whole point, you missed the point. Mathematical beauty was one of the ways to make the point, but far from the most important. As

No. If you think that's the whole point, you missed the point. Mathematical beauty was one of the ways to make the point, but far from the most important. As a footnote, one of the changes which happened since publication is the victory of functional. Note that both JavaScript and Python now embody many of the principles, design patterns, and best practices from SICP. As a second footnote, you're right: SCIP reads better than SICP. "Skippity do da..." (and if you want a third footnote, I know in the original it's zippity, but that's how kids in MY elementary school sang it, so to me, it will always be skippity"