6.001
     
         /siks dubl oh wun/, /dubl oh wun/ or rarely
        /siks dubl oh fun/ mit's introductory computer class for
        majors, known for its intensity.  developed by gerald
        sussman and hal abelson, the course is taught in scheme
        and introduces recursion, higher-order functions,
        object-oriented programming and much more.  students who
        grasp the metacircular interpreter gain entry into the
        knights of the lambda-calculus.  6.001 has been exported to
        several other colleges, sometimes successfully.  the textbook,
        "structure and interpretation of computer programs", written
        with julie sussman is a classic that can be found on the
        shelves of many computer scientists, whether they took the
        course or not.  legendary characters from the class, problem
        sets, and book include the wise alyssa p. hacker, ben
        bitdiddle, lem e. tweakit and eva lu ator, the careless louis
        reasoner and captain abstraction.
     
        1994-11-22
     
     
see also:
mit gerald sussman hal abelson scheme recursion higher-order function 
object-oriented programming meta interpreter knights of the lambda-calculus captain abstraction