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Read the full text online right now: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html If you meant

Read the full text online right now: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html If you meant an investment of time, then, well yes. But SICP is really, really fun.

chrisconley 18y ago
Don't forget about our Hacker News SICP Book Club too: http://groups.google.com/group/hacker-news-reads-sicp http://groups.google.com/group/hacker-news-reads-sicp
rlm 18y ago
I both meant an investment of time and money :) I don't like reading entire books on the computer. It just feels better on paper ;)
- xenophanes 18y ago
  I agree about paper books. Does anyone who feels the same have a kindle? Supposedly the screen is more like paper. Wondering how well that works...
  - jrockway 18y ago
    It is very much like paper. (The display area is smaller than the average hard-cover book, however, but that doesn't bother me too much.) The only thing I don't like about the Kindle is that you can't skim to get an overview of the book or newspaper... you basically have to use the table of contents or read it in order. Not so bad for books, kind of annoying for local news. (The killer feature of the Kindle, though, is the effortless buying feature. When you have to pay $30 and go to the store or wait 5 days for shipping, you tend to not buy books. When you can click a button and start reading on a paper-like screen instantly, it becomes much easier to read all the books that you've been "meaning to" read. But I digress.)
    - derefr 18y ago
      Someone should really make a hybrid E-Ink/LCD reader. A transparent LCD overlay (with backlight) for skimming, that switches off after you stare at the same page for a few seconds and re-displays the current rendered page on the E-Ink display underneath.
michael_dorfman 18y ago
....and don't forget the SICP video lectures! http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussma... The best 20-hour introduction to CS you can find, or your money back!

chrisconley 18y ago

Don't forget about our Hacker News SICP Book Club too: http://groups.google.com/group/hacker-news-reads-sicp http://groups.google.com/group/hacker-news-reads-sicp

rlm 18y ago

I both meant an investment of time and money :) I don't like reading entire books on the computer. It just feels better on paper ;)

xenophanes 18y ago
I agree about paper books. Does anyone who feels the same have a kindle? Supposedly the screen is more like paper. Wondering how well that works...
- jrockway 18y ago
  It is very much like paper. (The display area is smaller than the average hard-cover book, however, but that doesn't bother me too much.) The only thing I don't like about the Kindle is that you can't skim to get an overview of the book or newspaper... you basically have to use the table of contents or read it in order. Not so bad for books, kind of annoying for local news. (The killer feature of the Kindle, though, is the effortless buying feature. When you have to pay $30 and go to the store or wait 5 days for shipping, you tend to not buy books. When you can click a button and start reading on a paper-like screen instantly, it becomes much easier to read all the books that you've been "meaning to" read. But I digress.)
  - derefr 18y ago
    Someone should really make a hybrid E-Ink/LCD reader. A transparent LCD overlay (with backlight) for skimming, that switches off after you stare at the same page for a few seconds and re-displays the current rendered page on the E-Ink display underneath.

michael_dorfman 18y ago

....and don't forget the SICP video lectures! http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussma... The best 20-hour introduction to CS you can find, or your money back!