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Thanks! My favorite parts of the sample dataset are the Boston area names - since SICP was written and taught at MIT its authors were really familiar with the area, and as a Boston native I particularly appreciate the (still-used) joke names Slumerville and Swellesley (for Somerville and Wellesley respectively).

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I enjoyed those too.. for example, Onion (Union) Square, not too far from where I live.

I talked for a while with Sussman at a Clojure conference last year, partly to let him know I enjoyed his presentation, but also to ask how his co-author was doing. I had Hal as a mentor for a short while in the 90s (less than a year) but it was a real boost to my career. Oddly, I never cracked SICP until a decade later.

Are you the Mark C. who organizes the monthly Clojure meetup in Kendall square?

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