Structure and interpretation of computer programs

542 pages

English language

Published Nov. 23, 1985 by MIT Press, McGraw-Hill.

ISBN:
978-0-262-01077-1
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OCLC Number:
10586635

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) is a computer science textbook by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman. It is known as the "Wizard Book" in hacker culture. It teaches fundamental principles of computer programming, including recursion, abstraction, modularity, and programming language design and implementation. MIT Press published the first edition in 1984, and the second edition in 1996. It was formerly used as the textbook for MIT's introductory course in computer science. SICP focuses on discovering general patterns for solving specific problems, and building software systems that make use of those patterns.MIT Press published the JavaScript edition in 2022.

7 editions

Subjects

  • LISP (Langage de programmation)
  • Programmeren (computers)
  • Computers
  • LISP (Computer program language)
  • Programmation (Informatique)
  • Computer programming
  • Programmierung
  • LISP