Lecture 1A | MIT 6.001 Structure and Interpretation, 1986
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The first lecture of MIT's 1986 6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, given by Harold Abelson, introducing Lisp and the idea of computer science as the study of process.
Why HN recommends it: Seen as a classic and often the moment programming 'clicks'; commenters praise Abelson's opening that computer science is not about computers.
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