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by akashakya 3150 days ago
I think SICP also pretty good in this regard. Thankfully it's available online for free
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Sandman 3150 days ago
Agreed. I especially enjoyed the lectures which are, fortunately, also freely available: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...
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pfranz 3150 days ago
(I haven't gone through both) but I think HtDP and SICP are interchangeable-ish.

From the wikipedia page: HtDP was designed as a textbook to address certain issues that some students and teachers had with SICP.

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jm547ster 3149 days ago
Excuse my ignorance, what is HtDP?
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grzm 3149 days ago
"How to Design Programs"

http://www.htdp.org

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jm547ster 3149 days ago
Found a hard copy (preowned) for $10, I’m psyched to get started.
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