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I think you should judge SICP on what the authors' own intentions were, not on things they weren't trying to do. I didn't get the feeling that cleanness was emp
by loumf 3y ago
I think you should judge SICP on what the authors' own intentions were, not on things they weren't trying to do. I didn't get the feeling that cleanness was emphasized or encouraged (any more than in any class). There are other classes that cover fundamental algorithms like sorting, SICP isn't about that.
You might find the authors own critique of SICP interesting:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34657535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34657535
- vario 3y agoSo what WERE they trying to do? BTW, here is a list of people who had criticized SICP. The list is full of heavy-weights: Philip Wadler Donald Knuth Eric Raymond Richard Bird Paul Graham Guy Steele Robert Harper Matthias Felleisen Daniel Friedman Christopher Strachey Peter Landin John Backus
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