Lecture 1A: Overview and Introduction to Lisp

What this video covers

The first lecture of MIT's 6.001 (SICP) with Abelson and Sussman, giving an overview of the course and an introduction to Lisp. It argues that computer science is about managing complexity and abstraction, not computers.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

HN people recommend the SICP lectures as a deeper, livelier route into the book and a formative course even for seasoned programmers.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“First watch the SICP series”

“Highly recommend the SICP lectures”

“I watched and cannot recommend it enough, even for seasoned programmers”