<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@lesley" class="u-url mention">@<span>lesley</span></a></span> People definitely have a lot of takes on SICP, but I think the book is just as relevant as it ever was if approached from a certain perspective.</p><p>To me, the main value of SICP is in systems thinking. Right from the start, you're thrown into this very unfamiliar "system" and you have to start making sense of it. The book then employs various strategies of problem solving and thinking to do just that. I think there's a lot of transcendent utility in that.</p>