Re:How Lisp Became God's Own Programming Language
by sytelus on Thursday October 18, 2018 @04:19AM
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> I can't imagine SICP using a language that doesn't feel a lot like Lisp.
SICP's main value proposition is not a language but developing thinking in terms of creating abstractions through compositions. LISP like language certainly helps but most modern languages does have this ability although verbose and possibly subjectively ugly in many cases.
SICP's main value proposition is not a language but developing thinking in terms of creating abstractions through compositions. LISP like language certainly helps but most modern languages does have this ability although verbose and possibly subjectively ugly in many cases.
SICP with Python: https://wizardforcel.gitbooks.io/sicp-in-python/content/
SICP with JavaScript: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cs1101s/sicp/