Sussman Explains the End of SICP

Re:Sussman Explains the End of SICP by karmakaze on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:21PM (#34658417)

I'd like to take that as data but there are too many potentially confounding variables.

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Re:Sussman Explains the End of SICP by busterarm on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:22PM (#34658424)

In the comment I agreed as much.

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Re:Sussman Explains the End of SICP by karmakaze on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:54PM (#34658780)

But in phrasing it as 'prefer to work with SICP-trained' belies that, which might better be expressed as "were in CS at MIT" between 1980-2000. Edit: sorry meant as clarification, not a dig.

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Re:Sussman Explains the End of SICP by busterarm on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:51PM (#34668459)

Oh, I didn't really take it personally. And you're absolutely right, there's certainly a kind of ageism undercutting my statement.

I'll try a little to counter a little that with an observation that experience isn't always everything.

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