Name: Anonymous 2013-11-01 21:53
SICP: tracing the birth of a meme
The first time the string "SICP" occured in /prog/'s history was in this post, dated 2005-10-15:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1128844752/16
On 2006-04-11 a thread was started about learning Lisp, and someone suggested SICP:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1144782491
Some more SICP recommendation posts followed in 2006-2007:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1152990074/15
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1162438363/5
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1173809511/3
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1174666868/4
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1174926405
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175313006
At some point in 2007 a meme-sentence, "What does this have to do with the topic? Or is this just your way to say "I've read SICP"? " appeared. Another meme-sentence, "Read SICP" appeared.
The former meme can be seen for example in the following posts:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175313006/10
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194905457/27
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1195603401/15
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1196139819/17
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176854751/1
The latter meme can be seen for example in the following posts:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194706688/2
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194905457/13
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1195603401/3
On 2007-04-02, there appeared probably the first thread explicitly about SICP:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175511062
On 2007-04-10, Anonymous said: "Unless you're looking for a leather-bound 20th anniversary edition of SICP signed by Abelson & Sussman with the blood of 300 BASIC programmers, you're in the wrong place." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176233235/28).
On 2007-04-11, Anonymous said, "Read SICP and achieve satori." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176233235/30)
On 2007-04-15, Anonymous said, "One word, SICP. Thread over." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176606592/10)
On 2007-04-19, a thread about reading SICP was started: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176987385
The famous sentence "Have you read your SICP today? " appeared for the first time in the title of this thread, started 2007-10-08: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1191887672
Anyway, the rest is history.
/prog/ is dying (if not dead) now.
But whatever happens, in the face of change, remember the eternal gold rule: That's business with .NET.
The first time the string "SICP" occured in /prog/'s history was in this post, dated 2005-10-15:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1128844752/16
On 2006-04-11 a thread was started about learning Lisp, and someone suggested SICP:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1144782491
Some more SICP recommendation posts followed in 2006-2007:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1152990074/15
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1162438363/5
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1173809511/3
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1174666868/4
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1174926405
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175313006
At some point in 2007 a meme-sentence, "What does this have to do with the topic? Or is this just your way to say "I've read SICP"? " appeared. Another meme-sentence, "Read SICP" appeared.
The former meme can be seen for example in the following posts:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175313006/10
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194905457/27
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1195603401/15
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1196139819/17
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176854751/1
The latter meme can be seen for example in the following posts:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194706688/2
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1194905457/13
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1195603401/3
On 2007-04-02, there appeared probably the first thread explicitly about SICP:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1175511062
On 2007-04-10, Anonymous said: "Unless you're looking for a leather-bound 20th anniversary edition of SICP signed by Abelson & Sussman with the blood of 300 BASIC programmers, you're in the wrong place." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176233235/28).
On 2007-04-11, Anonymous said, "Read SICP and achieve satori." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176233235/30)
On 2007-04-15, Anonymous said, "One word, SICP. Thread over." (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176606592/10)
On 2007-04-19, a thread about reading SICP was started: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1176987385
The famous sentence "Have you read your SICP today? " appeared for the first time in the title of this thread, started 2007-10-08: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1191887672
Anyway, the rest is history.
/prog/ is dying (if not dead) now.
But whatever happens, in the face of change, remember the eternal gold rule: That's business with .NET.