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The book was used as the textbook of MIT's old introductory programming class, 6.001.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-001Spring-2005/CourseHome/ | work = OpenCourseWare | title = Electrical Engineering and Computer Science &#124; 6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs |date=Spring 2005 | publisher = MIT | accessdate =2011-06-28}}</ref> This class has been replaced by 6.01,<ref>{{Citation | title = Catalog | publisher = MIT | contribution = 6.01 | url = http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=6.01}}.</ref> which uses [[Python (programming language)|Python]].<ref>{{Citation | first = Donald | last = Guy | quote = I talked to Professor Sussman on the phone... He said that he'd actually been trying to have 6.001 replaced for the last ten years (and I read somewhere that Professor Abelson was behind the move too). Understanding the principles is not essential for an introduction to the subject matter anymore. He sees 6.001 as obsolete | url = http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/learning/coursework/the_end_of_an_era_1.shtml | title = MIT Admissions | type = blog comment | contribution = The End of an Era | accessdate = 2008-08-05}}.</ref> Other schools also made use of the book as a course textbook.<ref>{{cite web| first = Edward C | last = Martin | url= http://www.schemers.com/schools.html | title= Schools |publisher= Schemers |date = 2009-07-20 |accessdate= 2011-06-28}}</ref> The second edition (ISBN 0-262-51087-1) appeared in 1996.

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''[[BYTE]]'' recommended SICP "for professional programmers who are really interested in their profession". The magazine stated that the book was not easy to read, but that it would expose experienced programmers to both old and new topics.<ref name="kilov198611">{{cite news | title=Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs | work=BYTE | date=November 1986 | accessdate=4 November 2013 | author=Kilov, Haim | pages=70}}</ref>