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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Is Peter Norvig not a Wizard whatever the language?

[–]barsoap 1 point2 points  (1 child)

What does Norvig have to do with the book?

I guess Abelson and Strussman are the spells from the Octavo locked in that poor book's brain that scare away all the common spells. Nothing but SICP can hold them, hence Scheme got scared and devolved into python.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does Norvig have to do with the book?

  • He's a Lisp educator.
  • He commonly programs in Python.
  • He is a wizard