Name: FrozenVoid 2009-03-02 17:16
Even Sussman himself agrees.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs#cite_note-0
I talked to Professor Sussman on the phone ... He said that he'd actually been trying to have 6.001 replaced for the last ten years (and I read somewhere that Professor Abelson was behind the move too). Understanding the principles is not essential for an introduction to the subject matter anymore. He sees 6.001 as obsolete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs#cite_note-0
I talked to Professor Sussman on the phone ... He said that he'd actually been trying to have 6.001 replaced for the last ten years (and I read somewhere that Professor Abelson was behind the move too). Understanding the principles is not essential for an introduction to the subject matter anymore. He sees 6.001 as obsolete.