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I've heard that going through SICP is mind-altering. I'm just now starting to go through it - it's been on my to-do list for forever. I probably wouldn't suggest it for a beginner, but i guess it was an introduction to programming for MIT students.
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MIT doesn't use it anymore. I think it's a fine introduction for a newbie who is comfortable with mathematics, because it tries to be something like an Elements for programming. It's not really an introduction to programming as engineering, but no book is a good introduction to programming as engineering, and certainly no book that doesn't assume some background.