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Lecture 1A: Overview and Introduction to Lisp

MIT OpenCourseWare · 420.7K views · 2019-08-22 · 1:12:56

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The first lecture of MIT's 6.001 (SICP) with Abelson and Sussman, giving an overview of the course and an introduction to Lisp. It argues that computer science is about managing complexity and abstraction, not computers.

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HN people recommend the SICP lectures as a deeper, livelier route into the book and a formative course even for seasoned programmers.

Recommended by 10 HN people across 10 months · HN mentions 2019–2026

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lab11 · 2023-01 · Strong recommendation

Not even a second of thought: Sussman's & Abelson's SICP [VIDEO] especially the section on streams ( [LINK] ) It changed my outook on programming by pi degrees and I feel it is more needed then ever.

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wiseleo · 2022-12 · Strong recommendation

It's on-demand on YouTube[1] and an excellent course that is still very much relevant with very high production quality circa 1986. What makes it special is who is teaching it, which is the original authors of SICP. The course thus completely complements their book and is in the same style. The courses from later years are also on YouTube, but they don't feel the same. [1] [VIDEO]

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augusto-moura · 2021-03 · Strong recommendation

The class mentioned in the article was actually made available under Creative Commons by the MIT OpenCourseWare[1], you can see the entirely of the course in Youtube. I watched and cannot recommend it enough, even for seasoned programmers [1]: [VIDEO]

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