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I didn't find SICP good or bad, but utterly boring. In fact, so boring that I couldn't bring myself to finish even half of it in 3 separate tries.

Perhaps I should've read it as my first programming book, but that time's long past.

Anyone else had this problem? I'd gladly take tips on how to get over it, since I do honor classics and don't think I'm above them.

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You're not alone. I forced myself to read through half the book before asking myself what was the point of solving essentially leetcode style problems using only tail-end recursion and glorified linked lists. At no point did I ever feel that the scheme language had any practical applications.

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