So 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

So 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