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'''''Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs''''' ('''''SICP''''') is a textbook published in [[1985]] about general [[programming]] concepts (using a dialect of the [[Lisp programming language]] known as [[Scheme programming language|Scheme]]). It was written by two [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] professors ([[Harold Abelson]] and [[Gerald Jay Sussman]], with Julie Sussman) and used as the textbook for an introductory course in computer programming for students of [[computer science]] at MIT and other schools. Now in its second edition (ISBN 0-262-51087-1), it is widely considered a classic.

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'''''Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs''''' ('''''SICP''''') is a textbook published in [[1985]] about general [[computer programming]] concepts (using a dialect of thefrom [[LispMIT programming languagepress]] known as [[Scheme programming language|Scheme]]). It was written by two [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] professors ([[Harold Abelson]] and [[Gerald Jay Sussman]], with Julie Sussman) and used as the textbook for an introductory course in computer programming for students of [[computer science]] at MIT and other schools. Now in its second edition (ISBN 0-262-51087-1), it is widely considered a classic.

Using a dialect of the [[Lisp programming language]] known as [[Scheme programming language|Scheme]], the book has been used as the textbook for an introductory course in computer programming for students of [[computer science]] at MIT and other schools.

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