>>16
Well it is an introductory text book
Which is why it's noobish as hell to build this culture around it.
Meme:
Read SICP.
Translation:
You're a total noob.
Meme:
Have you read you read your SICP today?
Translation:
Are you still a total noob?
Meme:
I read SICP.
Translation:
I'm not a total noob.
It's like going to a math forum and half the people talking about arithmetic while the other half are bragging about knowing arithmetic assuming that it makes them look smart without realizing that a smart mathematician would never brag about knowing arithmetic.