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I find it funny that the author dislikes "casting magic spells", and yet cherishes the book which states that we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.

What I don't find funny is that people keep suggesting SICP instead of a much more digestible How to Design Programs — https://htdp.org/

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I only looked at the beginning of HtdP, so I cannot say a lot about it and maybe that fact l, that Scheme was sort of new to me when I worked with SICP also had a part in it, but: I found SICP beautifully written as well. That John Locke quote at the beginning? I thought it sounds like a philosophical quote, and then I saw the name under it: "It really is by a philosopher! By John Locke! WTF!" and it fits the content of the book so perfectly.

I did not get the same feeling at the beginning of HtdP.

The difference is whether you are the one conjuring the spirits by writing your own spell, or whether you are the one casting the spells that others have npmed.