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The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program
Did SICP writers feel the need to embellish their prose with eye winks?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of...
gbog
on Sept 22, 2013
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Well, maybe my understanding of "whimsical" is wrong but it do not feel the same way to me. "Alyssa P. Hacker" is a poor pun that do not try to look clever.
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