Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (The Mit Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Series) - Hardcover

Abelson, Harold; Sussman, Gerald Jay; Sussman, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070004226 ISBN 13: 9780070004221

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1984

Synopsis

Describes the LISP programming language, and covers basic procedures, data, and modularity

About this title

About the Author

Hal Abelson is Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a fellow of the IEEE. He is a founding director of Creative Commons, Public Knowledge, and the Free Software Foundation. Additionally, he serves as co-chair for the MIT Council on Educational Technology.

Review

"A truly modern introductory text which allows students to discuss the major interesting questions of today. It is a tribute to Professors Abelson and Sussman that they were willing to spend their valued research time to produce such a magnificent text. Controlling complexity, the major theme of the book, is a major concern of programming language designers and software engineers. Imperative, applicative, object-oriented, and logic-based are four trends of programming languages. Scheme allows examples of each.... This book is a rare achievement."
—Daniel P. Friedman, Indiana University

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070004226
• ISBN 13: 9780070004221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 542