/sci/ - Science & Math

I posted here a while back after being stuck on chapter 1.

I have completed the first 3 chapters of the book (~500 pages), including most of the exercises and lectures up till that point.

But chapter 4 with its metacircular evaluator just straight up demoralised me.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND SHIT. It became way too abstract and all the exercises are now about engineering your own evaluator.

So tell me, should I continue and finish the whole book? Is it worth slugging through chapter 4 and 5? I don't see how the book can be beneficial for me now, as chapter 4 and 5 are way too esoteric. Also, my university stops at the metacircular evaluator so I can kinda stop reading the book if the rest of the content doesn't help me.

>>11659479
SICP is pretty hard though, at least the exercises. I am currently reading it (at chap 3.4) and I am still getting my ass handed to me sometimes.

But yes, SICP is really good.

WHY THE FUCK IS SICP SO HARD. Im struggling with even the first chapter. Its so hard to come up with solutions to the exercises WHAT THE FUCK AM I A BRAINLET?
I study sicp daily with doing almost all the exercises and listening to the lectures as well. BUT IT IS SO FUCKING HARD and i will get stuck for almost an hour on some questions what the fuck. WHY IS IT SO HARD AND AM I GONNA MAKE IT?

Do I need a computer to learn computer science? Can I take a few books, go out into the wilderness with no electricity for 2 years and emerge with the equivalent of a comp sci degree?

Where can I buy this book for $10?

And is there any difference between the 1985 (1st edition) and 1996 (2nd edition)

>/g/

How much previous math and programing knowledge does one need to become a computer engineer or study pic related?

>mfw people pay for this
>mfw I have no face and I must meme

>>7341430
>pic related

>look for $10 book
>book is now $50
>keep searching, no better prices
>find this https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html

Did I just find this book for free? Is this as good as the paper back?

Working on my BS in Computer Science. Is this a good guide for determining what I should know? I want to be a software engineer, or maybe something in computer security, with a government agency. I'm also interested in parts of computer science as a hobby.

http://matt.might.net/articles/what-cs-majors-should-know/

I also plan to do pic related this summer. Is it recommended? I think it teaches Scheme as a first prolang but I heard Python would be better.

After learning my first prolang, what comes next?

I heard you should create a portfolio on Github and help with open source projects. Should I learn Scheme then look for open source projects and edit already-existing projects? How would you help, by making the code more efficient?

When should I move on to learning the next prolang? Should I just find any syllabus and follow that? I want to be ahead of the curve and make my coursework easier and to be able to get good grades.

I like to make a strict plan and follow it but I'm not sure how I should for this. Can you help with this?

I'm not a robot
>please solve this trivial task for no pay
o-okay

>>6959024

the book is available freely online