883 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 1996 by MIT Press, McGraw-Hill.
Wizard Book n. Hal Abelson's, Jerry Sussman's and Julie Sussman's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.
from The New Hacker's Dictionary, 2nd edition (MIT Press, 1993)
9 years ago I added this book on my to-read shelf, according to Goodreads. Genius, as expected. Probably my favourite computing book of all time.
