How long does it take to read Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs?
Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman takes about 9 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 56 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1985. 542 pages, about 149,050 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
> 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)
Subjects: Computer programming, mirror, pdf.yt, Computer science, LISP (Langage de programmation), Programmeren (computers)
