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Re:Poll: Have you read SICP? by niels_olson on Thursday August 04, 2011 @04:38PM (#2847651)
No doubt, it wasn't intended as a negative. But for the independent student, stating what may seem obvious can be critically necessary. Compared to both O'Reilly titles and plenty of assigned course readings, that wasn't entirely clear to me until I had a few problem sets done. For example, Norvig's review makes it sound like it can be read lightly. Maybe only if your name is Norvig. I don't know.
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Re:Poll: Have you read SICP? by lostmypw on Thursday August 04, 2011 @06:40PM (#2848100)
Maybe the CTM book might be something for you as well. See my other comment[1] to learn more about it. Norvig says[2] the following about it:

    Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (Van Roy
    & Haridi) is seen by some as the modern-day successor to Abelson &
    Sussman. It is a tour through the big ideas of programming,
    covering a wider range than Abelson & Sussman while being perhaps
    easier to read and follow. It uses a language, Oz, that is not
    widely known but serves as a basis for learning other languages.
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2848027

[2] http://norvig.com/21-days.html

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