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MIT6.001undergraduate· 1986

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)

Hal Abelson & Gerald Jay Sussman

Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman's landmark MIT 6.001 lectures introducing computational thinking, Lisp, procedural abstraction, linear recursion versus iteration, and the substitution model of evaluation.

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MIT 6.001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)

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Lecture 1· 1:12:56

Overview and Introduction to Lisp: Procedural & Symbolic Abstraction

Harold Abelson's inaugural lecture for MIT's 6.001, "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs," introduces Lisp as a foundational tool for computational abstraction.

Lecture 2· 58:22

Procedures and Processes: The Substitution Model, Recursion & Iteration

A foundational exploration of procedures, processes, and the substitution model, integral to understanding computation as taught in MIT's 6.001 'Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs'.