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I had a similar reaction after working through SICP. Suddenly, I gained a new understanding of programming. I knew it would take a lot of time and practice to a
by Derbasti 14y ago
I had a similar reaction after working through SICP. Suddenly, I gained a new understanding of programming. I knew it would take a lot of time and practice to actually make use of that knowledge.
But funny enough, I find your description extremely accurate: I suddenly grokked the nature of abstraction, a beginning of a journey.
- dasil003 14y agoI also was reading SICP for my Scheme class at (or near) that time as well. Fascinating. I'm really sad MIT discontinued its use for the introductory course.
- Derbasti 14y agoActually, I preferred the video lectures to the book. Still, if I charted all my learning of programming stuff over all time, the time during which I watched SICP will without a doubt be a huge spike in the first derivative.