Why SICP Matters
When I was student, my school has decided to stop using Ada as teaching language. They were hesitating between CAML Light and Scheme. They asked me my feeling because I was one of the rare student to know well both of them. I like both of them, but I choose CAML Light. Scheme has a lot of parenthesis that makes it look very old fashion. Scheme type system was also outdated. Programming in CAML Light was more fun for me, the syntax was simple and pleasant. The currification was cleaner in CAML Light. 20 years latter, CAML Light does not exist anymore, but I still think that my choice was right. My school has choosen CAML Light.