by Harold Abelson
Recommended by 5 notable people, including Paul Graham and Patrick Collison
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs has had a dramatic impact on computer science curricula over the past decade. This longawaited 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 incorporat...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Paul Graham, Most Recommended Books, and Programming.
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Co-founder of Y Combinator; essayist
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