Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)
Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman · 1985 · 542 pages
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> **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. *from The New Hacker's Dictionary, 2nd edition (MIT Press, 1993)*
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