On: Why "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Prog...

[replygirl]

this takes a lot longer to type than before or after

[vitus → replygirl]

11 minutes in, he mentions SICP as a book that he ended up working through exercises "in the past year" (so 2012 timeframe, well after the original Doom but before the reboot).

[ricksunny → vitus]

Thank you! :) Provides helpful context vis-a-vis evaluating possible critical-path enabling / contributing factors to achieving a key milestone.

[mpalmer → replygirl]

Think how long it would have taken to click the link!

[ricksunny → mpalmer]

(About 9 minutes, acc. to the parallel subthread. My time on this thread is about 90 seconds so far not incl this current comment.)

[mpalmer → ricksunny]

Still haven't clicked it, huh? If you did you'd see that the link takes you to straight to the moment in the video where he starts talking about functional programming.