Wadler's critique of SICP (1987)

Re:Wadler's critique of SICP (1987) by belial on Thursday August 04, 2011 @06:41AM (#2845367)

No not really. SICP doesn't, whatsoever, inspires any sort of dogmatic beliefs. And I think it would be more appropriate to discuss the subject (SICP itself) rather than discuss what it's advocates says about it.

Simply put, it's more than an excellent book in the world of Computer Science. It is concise, clear, straightforward and challenging. And I think a text like that deserves every interest and respect from every computer scientist.

Respects.

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Re:Wadler's critique of SICP (1987) by ubernostrum on Thursday August 04, 2011 @08:42AM (#2845686)

Here's the statement I was replying to:

I would go so far as to state that it is beyond critique

No matter how excellent a book someone might think it is, that's not a healthy attitude to have, and is essentially dogamtism.

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Re:Wadler's critique of SICP (1987) by belial on Thursday August 04, 2011 @09:01AM (#2845739)

Thanks for clarifying your point. I think this matter is subjective and there's nothing from my side to express.

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