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Ariadna VigoEveryone who codes should read SICP, but especially its first chapter. The authors had an amazing insight on semiotics that I have cited very frequently in Linguistics circles as one of the best approaches to meaning, denotation, and abstraction ever.This book (and the accompanying course, available on YouTube for free) is a gem. It's open source. It's free to access. There's no excuse not to have a look at it.<a href="https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/books_pres_0/6515/sicp.zip/full-text/book/book-Z-H-9.html#%_chap_1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/books_pres_0/6515/sicp.zip/full-text/book/book-Z-H-9.html#%_chap_1</a><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a>

gosha 🏴‍☠️Done with <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> 1.20 and I remind myself once again that I need to pick up the pace, it’s really hard to remember stuff after a while away. Well, I do what I can 😌

gosha 🏴‍☠️Finally done with <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> 1.19, it took me a few weeks to sit down and properly work it through! I need to do these a bit faster, otherwise I'm still gonna be on chapter 1 by the end of the year.

gosha 🏴‍☠️Love me some computer science with my morning natto. <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> exercise 1.17 done.

gosha 🏴‍☠️Finished <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> exercise 1.16, took me a couple of weeks I feel? I initially felt really stuck, but being patient and making sure I understand each word has helped, to the point that I was able to reason about it without having the book in front of me, while driving or doing chores. Very cool!

gosha 🏴‍☠️Finished <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> exercise 1.14 🤘

gosha 🏴‍☠️Done with <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> exercise 1.13. Another hard one for me, this was way more math than I've done at any point since high school. Wouldn't have managed without outside help!

gosha 🏴‍☠️I've been able to have a consistent early morning routine for the past few days with studying <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> and writing code for my project, and that feels really great. I really hope I can keep it up, because it really energises me for the rest of my day!

gosha 🏴‍☠️Fuckin' 'ell, finally finished <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> exercise 1.11. That iterative process bit was super tough for me.

gosha 🏴‍☠️The <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> example of counting change (page 51 of the PDF) is kicking my butt, ha. It took me a really long time to understand that "using all n kinds of coins" means "you can choose freely from all the n available types of coins but don't need to use all of them". And now, as a challenge, I'm trying to come up with an iterative process to solve this and I'm really struggling!No one said that studying computer science at 42yo would be easy 😌

gosha 🏴‍☠️It took me a long while but I finally wrapped my head around <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> exercise 1.7! Gonna pat myself on the back, it wasn’t easy for me :blobpats:

gosha 🏴‍☠️I wrote a post about how to set up your Doom Emacs (on a Mac) to study <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a>. <a href="https://gosha.net/2025/sicp-emacs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gosha.net/2025/sicp-emacs/</a>

gosha 🏴‍☠️That child-like delight when I figured out <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> exercise 1.6, haha. I love this very much.

vintage screwlisp account<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lispyGopherClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lispyGopherClimate</a> <a href="https://archives.anonradio.net/202410300000_screwtape.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://archives.anonradio.net/202410300000_screwtape.mp3</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/archived" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archived</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/climateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climateCrisis</a> <a href="https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-politics-of-delay.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-politics-of-delay.html</a> by <a href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kentpitman</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman/113377838177552770" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman/113377838177552770</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> returns! with <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@ashnoodle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ashnoodle</a> <a href="https://ashg.itch.io/synthing-for-the-weekend-music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://ashg.itch.io/synthing-for-the-weekend-music</a> whom I met at the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nwicb3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nwicb3</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bonkwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bonkwave</a> party <a href="https://bonkwave.org/board/index.php?topic=101.0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bonkwave.org/board/index.php?topic=101.0</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gopher</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lisp</a> <a href="gopher://jonsharp.net" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">gopher://jonsharp.net</a> et al I should get started on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lispGameJam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lispGameJam</a> ! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SICM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICM</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> first <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/studyGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#studyGroup</a> notes Big <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/veilid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#veilid</a> update See you live! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lambdaMOO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lambdaMOO</a> telnet lambda.moo.mud.org 8888 co guest @join screwtape<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/unix_surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unix_surrealism</a>

vintage screwlisp account<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SICM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/studyGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#studyGroup</a> the-first hopes and dreams. Just 4 of us to begin with!- Is the scmutils used in the books ported and available for a scheme like chicken instead of MIT scheme?- <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@rwxrwxrwx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rwxrwxrwx</a> do you think you could blog an explanation or worked example of Sussman's s-expression formulation of differential calculus? Someone found SICM's throwing-out of The Usual Symbols in favour of schemey s-expressions confusing.We really need to meet in a seminar room rather than the sushi place.

vintage screwlisp accountI'm really enjoying these.93. When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.Getting in a vibe to meet up at paradise sushi in lambda (1800UTC Friday!) and talk about hopes and dreams and strategies and choices for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> study, then the forward reminded me of Perlisisms and so I read these instead <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computing</a><a href="https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html</a>

Hadi40 years of magic<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2qXIDO-cWw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2qXIDO-cWw</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HalAbelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HalAbelson</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GeraldJaySussman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeraldJaySussman</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lisp</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/scheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scheme</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a>

vintage screwlisp account<a href="https://shitposter.world/users/kakafarm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kakafarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SICP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICP</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SICM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SICM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/studyGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#studyGroup</a> meet 1800UTC Saturday in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lambdaMOO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lambdaMOO</a> Remembering both are free online <a href="https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf</a> <a href="https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/books_pres_0/9579/sicm_edition_2.zip/book.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/books_pres_0/9579/sicm_edition_2.zip/book.html</a>this weekend, let's start by talking about our initial strategies and tools for the book/s. Scheme and scmutils? If you aren't familiar with it, the right book for you is SICP (structure and interpretation of computer programs)A <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/commonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commonLisp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sicp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sicp</a> study from 2008-9: <a href="https://eli.thegreenplace.net/tag/sicp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://eli.thegreenplace.net/tag/sicp</a>telnet lambda.moo.mud.org 8888 co guest @request

vintage screwlisp accountI can name more people on mastodon that I need an answer to this poll for than have answered this poll ;_; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/113352761755254290" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/113352761755254290</a> (sicp study group meeting time; currently 1800UTC Saturday in <a href="https://lambda.moo.mud.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://lambda.moo.mud.org/</a> first meeting) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sicp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sicp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sicm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sicm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/studygroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#studygroup</a>

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