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==Content==

The book describes computer science concepts using [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]], a dialect of [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]]. It also uses a [[virtual machine|virtual]] [[register machine]] and [[Assembly language#Assember|assembler]] to implement Lisp [[Interpreter (computing)|interpreter]]s and [[compiler]]s.

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==JavaScript Adaptation==

{{Main|Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, JavaScript Adaptation}}

While the book focuses on principles, models and abstractions for programming rather than specific programming languages, all examples are written in the programming language [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]. A variant of SICP that uses the language [[JavaScript|JavaScript]] instead of Scheme has been used in the course CS1101S<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cs1101s |title=Department of Computer Science; CS1101S Programming Methodology |date=Fall 2019 |publisher=NUS |access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref> at the [[National University of Singapore]] (NUS) since 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sicp.comp.nus.edu.sg |title=Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, JavaScript Adaptation |date=2019 |publisher=NUS |access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>

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