Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, 2nd Edition

Abelson, Harold, and Sussman, Julie, and Sussman, Gerald Jay

ISBN 10: 0262011530 / ISBN 13: 9780262011532

Published by MIT Press (MA), Cambridge, MA, 1996

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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 657 p. Contains: Illustrations. Mit Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Audience: General/trade.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, 2nd Edition
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA), Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262011530
• ISBN 13: 9780262011532
• Binding: Hard cover
• Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
• Condition: Fine.

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Synopsis

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs has had a dramatic impact on computer science curricula over the past decade. This long-awaited revision contains changes throughout the text.

There are new implementations of most of the major programming systems in the book, including the interpreters and compilers, and the authors have incorporated many small changes that reflect their experience teaching the course at MIT since the first edition was published.

A new theme has been introduced that emphasizes the central role played by different approaches to dealing with time in computational models: objects with state, concurrent programming, functional programming and lazy evaluation, and nondeterministic programming. There are new example sections on higher-order procedures in graphics and on applications of stream processing in numerical programming, and many new exercises.

In addition, all the programs have been reworked to run in any Scheme implementation that adheres to the IEEE standard.

About the Author

Harold Abelson is Class of 1922 Professor and MacVicar Teaching Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.