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Re:SICP taught by Abelson and Sussman [video] by ilcosrn on Thursday April 10, 2014 @07:11AM (#7565207)
> The course would be difficult or impossible to complete using most other languages. The keyword is: homoiconicity, the "code=data" property of Lisp.

But if that is the case, wouldn't SICP be less language agnostic since (most of) the concepts taught cannot be universally applied to non-homoiconic languages?

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Re:SICP taught by Abelson and Sussman [video] by yeahbutbut on Thursday April 10, 2014 @11:37AM (#7567095)
The problems can be solved in other languages, the tools are just clunkier. Lisp lets you solve the hard problems simply, and the solutions (not their expression) are what matters.
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