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That depends entirely on what kind of a ton of experience you have. If you have written Java/PHP/Python/JS for 20 years, SICP might teach you lots of new tricks
by zelphirkalt 2y ago
That depends entirely on what kind of a ton of experience you have. If you have written Java/PHP/Python/JS for 20 years, SICP might teach you lots of new tricks. If you have worked a lot with functional languages, probably fewer, but still probably some in later parts of the book.
- llm_trw 2y agoI'd worked exclusively with functional languages and assignment operators implemented as lambdas blew my mind more so than all the monads in Haskell.
- ryukafalz 2y agoI'm still working through chapter 1 and, despite having some previous Scheme experience, let being syntactic sugar for lambdas just blew my mind the other day.