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SICP: The only computer science book worth reading twice? (2010)

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462 points pieterr | 4 comments | 16 Nov 24 17:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
1. jasonpeacock ◴[16 Nov 24 19:22 UTC] No.42158530[source]▶
Original version: https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/b...

Javascript version: https://sourceacademy.org/sicpjs/index

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2. ElD0C ◴[16 Nov 24 19:27 UTC] No.42158564[source]▶
And the Python version: http://www.composingprograms.com/
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3. xdavidliu ◴[16 Nov 24 19:31 UTC] No.42158591[source]▶
this is not the Python version of SICP. It's a different book inspired by SICP. There's no "picture language" in chapter 2, and there's no "metacircular evaluator" and "register machine" in chapter 5.
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4. ted_dunning ◴[17 Nov 24 00:46 UTC] No.42160969{3}[source]▶
It's hard to understand the point without these.