From: Teresa A. Ehling
Subject: New edition of *Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs*
Date:
Message-ID: <50v871$rpe@life.ai.mit.edu>
The MIT Press and McGraw-Hill, Inc. are pleased to announce the
publication of the long-awaited revision to *Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programs*, the seminal textbook that
changed the face of computer science education.
The 2nd edition includes 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 more than a decade ago.
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.
The companion Web site for the book, located at
http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
is designed for instructors using SICP as a course text and for those
using the book for self-study.
Currently available at the site you will find:
* Contents and the full first chapter in HTML;
* Sample programming assignments developed for the course at MIT
and available for downloading and modification;
* All the Scheme code from the book, in a form suitable for loading
and running;
* A how-to-get-Scheme page detailing the specs and procedures for
obtaining MIT Scheme;
* A note on the the course at MIT that inspired the book and a sample
syllabus;
* A partial and growing list of schools around the world who are
using SICP.
The authors and the publisher welcome comments on the site.
The 2nd edition of the book is 657 pages and is priced at $60.00.
Teresa A. Ehling The MIT Press
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