Its not relevant to the industry, its badly written, and its considered harmful and detrimental to developing the skills of new programmers. It should only be recommended for its historical value, so pretty much only if you plan to have career in academia. Instead please recommend a book such as 'The C programming language' to newbies or ex web-designers looking to get a good foundation on the fundamentals.
I don't want to see SICP mentioned around here anymore or you will be reprimanded, please follow the lead of computer science institutions around the world and don't teach SICP anymore. Thanks, and welcome to 2009.
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Anonymous2009-09-16 17:09
>>40 lisp is good in the same ways that java is good of course, lisp is not bad in most of the ways that java is bad
FTFY
ITT: people defend their choice to learn the pretty but ultimately useless Scheme.
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Anonymous2009-09-17 12:18
>>51
Maybe in another thirty years you will catch up to the features introduced in 1975.
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Anonymous2009-09-17 12:23
>>52
Too bad that would be a huge waste of time. Do please enjoy your eating your pretty theories while the rest of us are getting paid for doing things.
Where and when the Real World(tm) needs the sort of specialized abstractions Scheme has they bolt it on well after the fact, and only where needed and the bare minimum of abstractions at that.
I getchas.
QED: abstraction isn't terribly useful except for obscure and arcane things.
>>62 QED: abstraction isn't terribly useful except for obscure and arcane things.
Like... programming? 4chan needs a plumbing board for pythonistas, sepples nutjobs, and sharpies.
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Anonymous2009-09-17 13:05
>>62
You got it! This is why I program exclusively in assembler. Not only are abstractions redundant, but it also makes me look dangerous and cool when I fuck up and take down the whole network thanks to a mistyped interrupt.
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Anonymous2009-09-17 15:00
21st century coeds considered harmful
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Anonymous2009-09-18 15:46
cuntsidered harmful
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Anonymous2009-09-18 17:13
>>36
A professor of mine said that UC Davis still uses Scheme as the first programming language for freshmen. He teaches there, too, so the information is current.
>>75
Sadly UC schools, however, are anything but current owing to the California budget crisis which in turn was brought on by the state trying to care for and educate the entire population of Mexico.
>>76
The conspiracy theory that covers the Californian government's finances are far larger than just California's willingness to care for Mexicans. It has something to do with the amount of unnecessary debt that California (as well as the rest of the US) holds.
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!THe.FamOus2010-05-11 7:26
yes!
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