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by surprisetalk 1072 days ago
SICP, along with the free YouTube lectures!

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_xL4IGhJA&list=PLE18841CAB...

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Same here.

Why? To me, it explains the very foundation of programming, using the simplest possible syntax (Scheme). That book was incredibly helpful when I tried to grokk how programming actually works. (There are other models too, but this one really resonated with me. YMMV.)