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Ask HN: Which book is more suitable than SICP in 2019?

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman is a classic book for most undergraduate courses of “introduction” to computer programming. However, SICP is very old, the second edition was published in 1996. I want to ask whether there is a book more suitable than it in 2019.

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