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Does anybody know of a way to run the code in this book? I've tried a couple of times but never quite succeeded.

by Schiphol 11mo ago

nemoniac 11mo ago
You can run it in Racket with the SICP language. https://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual/SICP_Language.html https://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual/SICP_Language.html
- Schiphol 11mo ago
  Ah, nice, I'll try that. SICM in particular relies on numerical routines and things for scientific computing that this perhaps doesn't cover. We'll see. Thanks!
  - shawn_w 11mo ago
    Someone ported the sicm/scmutils code to Racket: https://github.com/bdeket/rktsicm https://github.com/bdeket/rktsicm
    - soegaard 11mo ago
      I think, this is the best way of running the SICM programs.
noosphr 11mo ago
https://github.com/perceptual-ai/sicm-scheme-exercises https://github.com/perceptual-ai/sicm-scheme-exercises
- Schiphol 11mo ago
  This is what I tried, unsuccessfully if I remember correctly. I'll give it another try, thanks!
gsf_emergency_4 11mo ago
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/installation.html https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/installation... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62518079/scmutils-for-sicm https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62518079/scmutils-for-si... Easter egg: if you dig deeper into the code you will find the "amazing bug" (footnote on page 5) https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4892 https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4892
- gugagore 11mo ago
  The bug being "perturbation confusion"?
  - gsf_emergency_4 11mo ago
    The specific bug in sicm is discussed on pages 19-21 (Sorry, it's been a while, but iirc the code comments call it the amazing bug, with credit to Radul)
kkylin 11mo ago
MIT Scheme (and ScmUtils) are unfortunately not getting enough maintainence, but they still work with a little effort. Probably better on Linux than any other environment. If you have a Mac you may try this: https://github.com/kkylin/mit-scheme-intel-mac-patch?tab=readme-ov-file https://github.com/kkylin/mit-scheme-intel-mac-patch?tab=rea... Works well on Intel Macs and (with effort) mostly works on Apple Silicon.
HexDecOctBin 11mo ago
I found this, will try tomorrow: https://hub.docker.com/r/sritchie/mechanics/ https://hub.docker.com/r/sritchie/mechanics/
tantony 11mo ago
I was able to get pretty far using Clojure and this package instead of Scheme: https://github.com/sicmutils/sicmutils https://github.com/sicmutils/sicmutils I was able to make "CloJupyter" notebooks with the examples from the book. You can see some of my notes here (only goes till Chapter 2): https://www.thomasantony.com/projects/sicm-workbook/ https://www.thomasantony.com/projects/sicm-workbook/

Does anybody know of a way to run the code in this book? I've tried a couple of times but never quite succeeded.

You can run it in Racket with the SICP language. https://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual/SICP_Language.html https://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual/SICP_Language.html

Schiphol 11mo ago
Ah, nice, I'll try that. SICM in particular relies on numerical routines and things for scientific computing that this perhaps doesn't cover. We'll see. Thanks!
- shawn_w 11mo ago
  Someone ported the sicm/scmutils code to Racket: https://github.com/bdeket/rktsicm https://github.com/bdeket/rktsicm
  - soegaard 11mo ago
    I think, this is the best way of running the SICM programs.

noosphr 11mo ago

https://github.com/perceptual-ai/sicm-scheme-exercises https://github.com/perceptual-ai/sicm-scheme-exercises

Schiphol 11mo ago
This is what I tried, unsuccessfully if I remember correctly. I'll give it another try, thanks!

gsf_emergency_4 11mo ago

https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/installation.html https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/installation... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62518079/scmutils-for-sicm https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62518079/scmutils-for-si... Easter egg: if you dig deeper into the code you will find the "amazing bug" (footnote on page 5) https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4892 https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4892

gugagore 11mo ago
The bug being "perturbation confusion"?
- gsf_emergency_4 11mo ago
  The specific bug in sicm is discussed on pages 19-21 (Sorry, it's been a while, but iirc the code comments call it the amazing bug, with credit to Radul)

kkylin 11mo ago

MIT Scheme (and ScmUtils) are unfortunately not getting enough maintainence, but they still work with a little effort. Probably better on Linux than any other environment. If you have a Mac you may try this: https://github.com/kkylin/mit-scheme-intel-mac-patch?tab=readme-ov-file https://github.com/kkylin/mit-scheme-intel-mac-patch?tab=rea... Works well on Intel Macs and (with effort) mostly works on Apple Silicon.

HexDecOctBin 11mo ago

I found this, will try tomorrow: https://hub.docker.com/r/sritchie/mechanics/ https://hub.docker.com/r/sritchie/mechanics/

tantony 11mo ago

I was able to get pretty far using Clojure and this package instead of Scheme: https://github.com/sicmutils/sicmutils https://github.com/sicmutils/sicmutils I was able to make "CloJupyter" notebooks with the examples from the book. You can see some of my notes here (only goes till Chapter 2): https://www.thomasantony.com/projects/sicm-workbook/ https://www.thomasantony.com/projects/sicm-workbook/