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Scouring SICP cannot imbue the student with mechanical sympathy any more than poring over analysis of Coltrane makes me a saxophonist.

Nevertheless. It must be done. Theory and practice.

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Nicely said. The way I think about it: if we can’t write legible and adaptable functions, then we have no chance at making viable systems. All the same engineering skills are at play, just on a different scale.

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