{"description": "> **Wizard Book** n. Hal Abelson's, Jerry Sussman's and Julie Sussman's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.\r\n\r\n*from The New Hacker's Dictionary, 2nd edition (MIT Press, 1993)*", "links": [{"title": "Full-text of \"Structure and interpretation of computer programs\" available online under CC BY-NC 3.0", "url": "http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"title": "SICP web site", "url": "http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"title": "Errata (for 2nd Edition)", "url": "http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/errata.html", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"title": "SICP Web Site", "url": "http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "title": "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)", "covers": [149338, 4222658, 8599431, 6808441, 10102742, 6672389, 6279795, 2227779, 1018734], "first_publish_date": "1985", "key": "/works/OL3267304W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL532838A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}, {"author": {"key": "/authors/OL1963807A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}, {"author": {"key": "/authors/OL596156A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Computer programming", "LISP (Computer program language)", "mirror", "pdf.yt", "Computer science", "Electronic digital computers, programming", "LISP (Langage de programmation)", "Programmeren (computers)", "Computers", "Programmation (Informatique)", "Programmierung", "LISP", "Programming", "TI 99/4A (Computer)", "LOGO (Computer program language)", "TI 99/4 (Computer)", "scheme", "Computer systemsprogramming", "Qa76.6 .a255 1985", "Qa 76.6 a141s 1985", "001.64/2", "Computer programs", "Computer programs, design"], "lc_classifications": ["QA'76.6'A25514'1989"], "latest_revision": 26, "revision": 26, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T03:09:39.155925"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2024-08-17T03:08:41.297946"}}