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Re:Why SICP Matters by pimeys on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @12:14PM (#5633064)
My university (Helsinki University of Technology) changed the freshman course from SICP to Java in the beginning of the century. The reason was Nokia, who wanted Java programmers straight from the school.

Nowadays they're using Python.

I'm very disappointed I didn't have a chance to study that course. I read the book last year and did some exercises by my own. I never had so much fun with any CS book than I had with SICP.

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Re:Why SICP Matters by dscrd on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @06:10AM (#5637181)
Nokia. That company just keeps giving. Some universities in Finland fell into that very same trap a second time and moved towards the holy triad of C#, .Net and Windows Phone. Utter shortsighted idiocy
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Re:Why SICP Matters by kartturi on Thursday May 02, 2013 @09:03AM (#5644176)
It is the difference between encouraging plasticity (true creativity, etc.) and indoctrination (control), the latter which is considered must, when cranking out armies of soldiers, clerks and corporate programmers.
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Re:Why SICP Matters by obviouslygreen on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @01:52PM (#5633796)
Thanks for the input. I just started learning Clojure and it's blowing my mind... I felt sorry for some friends in college that started with Scheme but now I'm realizing I missed something pretty beneficial.
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