Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)
	Cover of the second edition
Author	Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman
Subject	Computer science
Genre	Textbook
Publisher	MIT Press
Publication date	1984 (1st ed.), 1996 (2nd ed.), 2022 (JavaScript ed.)
Pages	657
ISBN	0-262-51087-1 (2nd ed.)
LC Class	QA76.6 .A255 1996
Website	mitpress.mit.edu/sicp

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) is a computer science textbook by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman. It is known as the "Wizard Book" in hacker culture.^[1] It teaches fundamental principles of computer programming, including recursion, abstraction, modularity, and programming language design and implementation.

MIT Press published the first edition in 1984, and the second edition in 1996. It was used as the textbook for MIT's introductory course in computer science from 1984 to 2007. SICP focuses on discovering general patterns for solving specific problems, and building software systems that make use of those patterns.^[2]

MIT Press published a JavaScript version of the book in 2022.^[3]

^ Raymond, Eric S.; Steele, Guy (1991). The New hacker's dictionary. Internet Archive. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-68069-1.
^ Harvey, B (2011), "Why SICP matters?", The 150th anniversary of MIT, Boston Globe.
^ Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: JavaScript Edition. MIT Press. 2022. ISBN 9780262543231.

[1] Raymond, Eric S.; Steele, Guy (1991). The New hacker's dictionary. Internet Archive. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-68069-1.

[2] Harvey, B (2011), "Why SICP matters?", The 150th anniversary of MIT, Boston Globe.

[3] Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: JavaScript Edition. MIT Press. 2022. ISBN 9780262543231.

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