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Ask HN: Which book is more suitable than SICP in 2019?

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman is a classic book for most undergraduate courses of “introduction” to computer programming. However, SICP is very old, the second edition was published in 1996. I want to ask whether there is a book more suitable than it in 2019.
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Re:Ask HN: Which book is more suitable than SICP in 2019? by rafa2000 on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:50AM (#20555163)
How old is your writing system? You still have to learn it. There are no substitutes, functional is the arguably the best way to program a multiprocessor computer.