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"An abstraction is a sign for a computational object."

Writing that on my wall.

Over the past year, I have revisited the SICP [0] and the audio recording of a one-week short course that Hal Abelson and Gerry Sussman taught for HP [1]. You nailed it.

[0]: "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs", https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation...

(see also https://github.com/sarabander/sicp )

[1]: http://cabezal.com/sicp/



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