Sicp 1.1.1-1.1.7
2016-03-29
Today was my first work day at the Recurse Center. Yesterday, I found out that there’s an SICP study group. I’ve been wanting to study SICP for a while now, so naturally I joined. What follows are my thoughts and key take-aways from sections 1.1.1-1.1.7.
Declarative vs. Procedural Knowledge Abelson et al. open the book with a really interesting distinction between declarative and procedural knowledge. Moreover, they suggest that the most significant achievement of computer science is that it provides a way for us to study procedural knowledge.…