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Re:The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program by speednoise on Sunday September 22, 2013 @11:25AM (#6426876)
Did SICP writers feel the need to embellish their prose with eye winks?

Yes? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of...

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Re:The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program by gbog on Sunday September 22, 2013 @12:26PM (#6427025)
Well, maybe my understanding of "whimsical" is wrong but it do not feel the same way to me. "Alyssa P. Hacker" is a poor pun that do not try to look clever.
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