Has anyone taken 6.001 "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs"? Would it be a good follow up to 6.00? What do you gain that is useful out of the class? Is "Scheme" something that I might use in the future? Thanks for any advice.

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Has anyone taken 6.001 "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs"?  Would it be a good follow up to 6.00?  What do you gain that is useful out of the class?  Is "Scheme" something that I might use in the future?  Thanks for any advice.

anonymous · Answer

I have the same question. Only having learned a little python through this lecture series and others i'm not qualified to answer but the CS community at large seems to believe that Scheme is definitely worth knowing. I suppose you would first have to tell people what you want to use any programming language for.

anonymous · Answer

Interesting.  I should have googled it first.  Seems very valuable.  I guess my question come back to the original one...  What is the next best step?  6.001 @ MIT or Programming Abstractions/Paradigms @ Stanford.  The latter two seem easier and smaller steps...  6.001 seems like a serious investment...

anonymous · Answer

Yes it is the first year class at MIT. I think the concepts that you learn are more important and can be applied to any language. To me worth the extra effort of this class. But, I have just begun it while finishing this one.

anonymous · Answer

Sounds great.  I think that's the way I'm going to doit as well.  It seems it would provide a better breadth of understanding...  Thanks guys!