Speaking of SICP: has anyone read How to Design Programs? Does it successfully present the same material without the pure-math-ish intro?
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yes HtDP is for folks with no CS/Math background. I think I blew thru it in 2-3 nights way back when 2nd ed. first came out
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The critical question: is there a metacircular evaluator?
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not in HtDP per se. but I think you can use a racket lang extension.. PLT Redex?
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Hm. To me, that's the glorious insight of SICP: languages, environments, modalities aren't magic!
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true dat! its probably why SICP has been around for so long. Its still a great read many year post-hoc (recursively even!)
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