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SICP: o fim de uma era

Computação Raiz · 34K views · 2021-12-21 · 7:10

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A short Portuguese-language excerpt of Gerald Sussman's 2016 NYC Lisp Meetup talk explaining why MIT replaced the Scheme-based 6.001 (SICP) course with Python courses. The full talk is linked in the description.

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HN uses it as the canonical explanation from Sussman himself of why SICP ended at MIT.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2023–2025

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OhMeadhbh · 2025-04 · Recommendation

Also... HtDP (How to Design Programs) is a good follow-on to SICP. Oh... and I think we can't mention SICP without referencing this (relatively recent) video about why MIT moved from Scheme to Python for intro classes: [VIDEO]

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yazzku · 2023-02 · Recommendation

Don't miss Sussman's talk linked from the post: [VIDEO] This stuff resonates with me deeply. The reality of the modern computing world is a clusterfuck that no single person understands, especially because, like Sussman said, parts are entirely secret/proprietary anyway. Therefore I think an engineer should be skilled in a) removing the unnecessary bits of that clusterfuck that are not necessary to their problem and b) getting stuff done without having a complete understanding of the whole system. (b) sounds scary as fuck, but I think that's the (sad?) reality we live in in the software and hardware world. Embrace the cluster; embrace the fuck.

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MathMonkeyMan · 2025-03 · Reference

In a sense this has been true of conventional programs for a while now. Gerald Sussman discusses the idea when talking about why MIT switched their introductory programming course from Scheme to Python: < [VIDEO] >.

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