Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

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computer science textbook non-fiction book programming textbook

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is a seminal computer science textbook by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman that uses the Scheme language to teach fundamental principles of programming and software design.

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Building Abstractions with Procedures 1

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instanceOf computer science textbook ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
programming textbook ⓘ
author Gerald Jay Sussman ⓘ
Hal Abelson ⓘ
surface form: Harold Abelson
basedOnCourse MIT 6.001 ⓘ
chapter Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs ⓘ
surface form: Building Abstractions with Data

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Computing with Register Machines ⓘ
Tarskian object-language/metalanguage distinction ⓘ
surface form: Metalinguistic Abstraction

Modularity, Objects, and State ⓘ
contributor Julie Sussman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
edition first edition ⓘ
second edition ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1985 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SICP
hasCompanionMedia MIT lecture videos ⓘ
hasOnlineVersion freely available electronic edition from MIT Press ⓘ
influenced Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics ⓘ
languageOfInstruction Scheme ⓘ
notableFor emphasis on abstraction ⓘ
influence on computer science education ⓘ
metacircular evaluator ⓘ
use of Scheme to teach programming ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
programmingLanguageUsed Scheme ⓘ
publisher MIT Press ⓘ
secondEditionPublicationYear 1996 ⓘ
structure five chapters ⓘ
subject compilers ⓘ
computer science ⓘ
concurrency ⓘ
data abstraction ⓘ
functional programming ⓘ
higher-order procedures ⓘ
interpreters ⓘ
metalinguistic abstraction ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ
programming ⓘ
programming paradigms ⓘ
recursion ⓘ
register machines ⓘ
software engineering ⓘ
state and mutation ⓘ
streams ⓘ
targetAudience advanced programmers ⓘ
undergraduate computer science students ⓘ
usedAtInstitution Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
other universities worldwide ⓘ

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