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I've caught the bug to learn functional programming for real. So my next self-study project is to work through the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs . Unfortunately, I've never learned Lisp, as I was not a CS major in college. While SICP does not emphasize the tools for programming, doing the exercises entails picking a Lisp-like language to use. It seems like some implementation of Scheme would be the path of least resistance. On the other hand, I hear of others who have used Common Lisp and Clojure . It seems to me that Common Lisp or Clojure would be more likely to be used in production code, and therefore slightly better for my resume. BTW, I fully get the argument that learning a language is worthwhile for its own sake, but learning a language that helps my resume is still a benefit. I'm a capitalist and an academic about my learning. If you had to self-study SICP, which language would you pick and why? Ideally, I would like to use a language that can run on the JVM. I can certainly work with a language where REPL works with bash and emacs. ADDITION: have any of you tried reading SICP without using Scheme? If so, what was your experience like?

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