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

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neilv ◴[16 Nov 24 19:18 UTC] No.42158506[source]▶
The article has a broken link for the free copy:

https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/b...

https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf

I hadn't seen a blessed PDF version until today. Circa 2001, only the HTML version was freely available, and someone converted it to TeXinfo: https://www.neilvandyke.org/sicp-texi/

If anyone wants to work through SICP today, you can run the code in MIT Scheme, or in DrRacket: https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/sicp/

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1. xdavidliu ◴[16 Nov 24 19:30 UTC] No.42158584[source]▶
one thing to note is that the second chapter's "picture language" is not supported in MIT Scheme in 2024. There used to be a package but it's like 2 decades out of maintenance. In Dr. Racket however, there is a package specifically for working through those problems.
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2. spdegabrielle ◴[23 Nov 24 19:26 UTC] No.42223205[source]▶
yes https://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual/index.html it includes the picture language used in SICP.