Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) is a textbook published in 1984 about general computer programming concepts from MIT Press written by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, with Julie Sussman. It was used as the textbook of MIT's old introductory programming class 6.001 (this class has been replaced by 6.01, which uses Python.), and at other schools. The second edition (ISB... more

Date of first publication:

  • 1985

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Also known as:

  • 6.001,
  • The Wizard Book,
  • The Purple Book

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Gerald Jay Sussman

Gerald Jay Sussman (August 9, 1947) is the Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received his S...

Hal Abelson

Harold (Hal) Abelson is the Class of 1922 Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, a fellow of the IEEE, and is a founding director,...

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  • 1985

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