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A comment on Peter Norvig's review of SICP.

Re:Peter Norvig's review of SICP by awt on Saturday January 31, 2009 @10:31PM (#460465)
Why is this book so expensive? The cheapest used copy on amazon is ~$60.00...
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Re:Peter Norvig's review of SICP by jgfoot on Sunday February 01, 2009 @12:44AM (#460578)
Particularly when it is available online for free at http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
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Re:Peter Norvig's review of SICP by aneesh on Sunday February 01, 2009 @12:55AM (#460587)
Particularly because it is available online for free.

For a normal book, you have cheapstake buyers, and then buyers who will pay a premium for a nicer book (hardcover, newer, etc). Now take the cheapstake buyers out of the market because they're all accessing it online for free. Economic magic does its thing, and the market price is now much higher.

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Re:Peter Norvig's review of SICP by seano on Sunday February 01, 2009 @04:36AM (#460741)
The word is cheapskate not cheapstake.
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