THE VIDEO SHELF · sicp and mit curriculum
SICP: o fim de uma era
A short Portuguese-language excerpt of Gerald Sussman's 2016 NYC Lisp Meetup talk explaining why MIT replaced the Scheme-based 6.001 (SICP) course with Python courses. The full talk is linked in the description.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN uses it as the canonical explanation from Sussman himself of why SICP ended at MIT.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Computação Raiz
- Topic
- sicp and mit curriculum
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Don't miss Sussman's talk linked from the post: [VIDEO] This stuff resonates with me deeply. The reality of the modern computing world is a clusterfuck that no single person understands, especially because, like Sussman said, parts are entirely secret/proprietary anyway. Therefore I think an engineer …
yazzku on Hacker News · 2023-02
In Sussman Explains the End of SICPAlso... HtDP (How to Design Programs) is a good follow-on to SICP. Oh... and I think we can't mention SICP without referencing this (relatively recent) video about why MIT moved from Scheme to Python for intro classes: [VIDEO]
OhMeadhbh on Hacker News · 2025-04
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