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by wegs 2246 days ago
Nah. You'll definitely want the new version. I'm not exactly sure what changes were made between the 1st edition and the new 2nd edition, but the 2nd edition is canonical.

The text is online:

https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html

Virtually all Scheme interpreters support it:

https://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual/index.html

https://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/

Assignments and video lectures are on-line:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...

And so on. There's an ecosystem around it.

I think the only reason to go with the old version is for historical interest.

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>>> The text is online:

>>> https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html

There goes my next few weeks.