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Re:SICP review by Peter Norvig (2000) by mathgladiator on Saturday November 13, 2010 @02:15PM (#1901431)
Imagine if all you need to do everything is turn PSDs into HTML and your job title is programmer.

And then someone shows you this book and tells you that every good programmer loves this book and it is confusing. The reaction is always negative.

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Re:SICP review by Peter Norvig (2000) by drdo on Saturday November 13, 2010 @04:01PM (#1901699)
That is not the intended audience, it's a book about programming, not about some specific technology.
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Re:SICP review by Peter Norvig (2000) by msbarnett on Saturday November 13, 2010 @04:40PM (#1901782)
Well, yes, but the people giving it one star appear to not understand that they weren't the target audience. That's the point.
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Re:SICP review by Peter Norvig (2000) by lispm on Saturday November 13, 2010 @04:04PM (#1901710)
The book is not really about programming. It is more about thinking.
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