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==Coursework==

The book was used as the textbook for MIT's former introductory programming course, 6.001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/ |title=Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; 6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs |date=Spring 2005 |website=OpenCourseWare |publisher=MIT |access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref> That course was replaced by 6.0001,<ref>{{Citation |title=Catalog |url=http://student.mit.edu/catalog/search.cgi?search=6.0001 |contribution=6.0001 |publisher=MIT}}.</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://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the_end_of_an_era_1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821202714/http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the_end_of_an_era_1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-08-21 |title=MIT Admissions |type=blog comment |contribution=The End of an Era |access-date=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 |access-date=2011-06-28}}</ref> It is used as the textbook for MIT's Large Scale Symbolic Systems class, 6.945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eduapps.mit.edu/textbook/books.html?Term=2016SP&Subject=6.945 |title=Large Scale Symbolic Systems class, 6.945 |website=MIT Touchstone |access-date=2019-06-16<!--Page does not display-->}}</ref>

==Reception==