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Posts influenced by SICP—on abstraction, composition, and computation as a medium for expressing ideas

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SICP

Posts influenced by Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs—on abstraction, composition, and computation as a medium for expressing ideas.

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2026-01-19-dsls-sicp/DSLs: Composition as power

Core Ideas

  • The closure property: Combining things yields the same kind of thing
  • Abstraction barriers: Hide implementation, expose interface
  • Procedures as first-class citizens: Functions are values
  • Algebraic structure: Good abstractions come from understanding the math

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These posts also appear on metafunctor.com.

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Alex Towell — metafunctor.com — queelius@gmail.com

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