Language Oriented Design and SICP with Hal Abelson
Adam talks to Hal Abelson about the textbook he coauthored in 1985, The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs and why it is still popular and influential today.
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Table Of Contents
- 01:38 - What is SICP about
- 04:58 - Philosophical Approach to Software
- 06:56 - Scheme
- 08:56 - Language Oriented Design
- 16:44 - MIT AI Lab
- 17:35 - Prolog
- 19:22 - Forget about Types
- 21:27 - Scheme Culture and Javascript
- 29:00 - Too much Match
- 32:43 - Building with APIs
- 34:03 - Consumption Culture
- 37:09 - Diversity in Engineering
- 42:15 - Open Culture and Naivety of Early Internet
- 46:06 - FSF and Creative Commons
- 51:31 - What would you change in book
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