<s>
Structure	B-Language
and	I-Language
Interpretation	I-Language
of	I-Language
Computer	I-Language
Programs	I-Language
(	O
SICP	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
textbook	O
by	O
Massachusetts	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
professors	O
Harold	O
Abelson	O
and	O
Gerald	O
Jay	O
Sussman	O
with	O
Julie	B-Language
Sussman	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Wizard	B-Language
Book	I-Language
"	O
in	O
hacker	B-Application
culture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
teaches	O
fundamental	O
principles	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
recursion	O
,	O
abstraction	B-Application
,	O
modularity	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
programming	O
language	O
design	B-Application
and	O
implementation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
formerly	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
textbook	O
for	O
MIT	O
's	O
introductory	O
course	O
in	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SICP	B-Language
focuses	O
on	O
discovering	O
general	O
patterns	O
for	O
solving	O
specific	O
problems	O
,	O
and	O
building	O
software	O
systems	O
that	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
those	O
patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIT	O
Press	O
published	O
the	O
JavaScript	B-Language
edition	I-Language
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
book	O
describes	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
concepts	O
using	O
Scheme	B-Language
,	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
Lisp	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
uses	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
register	B-Application
machine	I-Application
and	O
assembler	O
to	O
implement	O
Lisp	B-Language
interpreters	B-Application
and	O
compilers	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
JavaScript	B-Language
edition	I-Language
have	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
University	O
of	O
Singapore	O
since	O
2012	O
in	O
the	O
course	O
CS1101S	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Byte	O
recommended	O
SICP	B-Language
"	O
for	O
professional	O
programmers	O
who	O
are	O
really	O
interested	O
in	O
their	O
profession	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SICP	B-Language
has	O
been	O
influential	O
in	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
education	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
later	O
books	O
have	O
been	O
inspired	O
by	O
its	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
