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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Wizard Book</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="wizard.html" title="wizard"/><link rel="next" href="wizard-hat.html" title="wizard hat"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Wizard Book</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wizard.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wizard-hat.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Wizard-Book"/><dt xmlns="" id="Wizard-Book"><b>Wizard Book</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> <i class="citetitle">Structure and Interpretation of Computer
Programs</i> (Hal Abelson, Jerry Sussman and Julie Sussman; MIT
Press, 1984, 1996; ISBN 0-262-01153-0), an excellent computer science text
used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on
the jacket. One of the <a href="../B/bible.html"><i class="glossterm">bible</i></a>s of the LISP/Scheme
world. Also, less commonly, known as the
<a href="../P/Purple-Book.html"><i class="glossterm">Purple Book</i></a>. Now available on the <a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/" target="_top">http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/</a></p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wizard.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wizard-hat.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">wizard </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> wizard hat</td></tr></table></div></body></html>