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		CyberFonic on March 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java vs. Scheme in Education "As I see it, a software engineer who hasn't worked through SICP with Scheme, a basic editor and command line, is like a surgeon who has never dissected a frog and faints at the sight of blood." -- Priceless !!! Great comment, Stephen.

bulte-rs on March 24, 2011 | [–]

I'd better get my mint copy of SICP off the bookshelf then. Being a SE able to dissect frogs and not faint at the sight of blood apparently doesn't mean anything these days ;-)

rbanffy on March 24, 2011 | [–]

Best quote ever ;-) I'll start using it immediately.

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