Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Abelson, Harold
    Structure and interpretation of computer programs / Harold Abelson
and Gerald Jay Sussman, with Julie Sussman. -- 2nd ed.
    p. cm. -- (Electrical engineering and computer science
series)
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN 0-262-01153-0 (MIT Press hardcover)
    ISBN 0-262-51087-1 (MIT Press paperback)
    ISBN 0-07-000484-6 (McGraw-Hill hardcover)
    1. Electronic digital computers -- Programming. 2. LISP (Computer
program language) I. Sussman, Gerald Jay. II. Sussman, Julie.
III. Title. IV. Series: MIT electrical engineering and computer
science series.
QA76.6.A255         1996
005.13'3 -- dc20              96-17756

Fourth printing, 1999