raganwald.comJul 26

“[Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs] wasn't really about Scheme; I think a lot of the point of using Scheme (as I understood it) is that the language is so minimalist and so beautiful that even this first intro course can be about fundamental concepts of computer science without getting distracted by the language.”

—Keith Winstein

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44687148

Show threadAxel RauschmayerJul 26
@raganwald Plus, there’s a JavaScript edition now! (Love Scheme and the Scheme edition, though…)
https://sourceacademy.org/sicpjs/index
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@rauschma It is six months until April. How about we collaborate on a type-level typescript edition of SICP, to drop on 2026-04-01?

#javascript #js #typescript #ts #sicp

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Show threadAxel RauschmayerOct 8
@raganwald Interesting idea! It would be a completely different book—given that all current SICP versions use dynamic languages (right?).
Show threadraganwald.comOct 9
@rauschma Will do some research later... Might do one thing as a blog post. Still have my 4th edition from 1986:
Show threadAxel RauschmayerOct 9
@raganwald Such a good book! First informatics lecture I had in 1994 used it. It does benefit a lot from using Scheme, though—which is why I’ve always felt a bit ambivalent about the JS version.