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What is sicp?

jdhealy/sicp — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2016-04-14

Objective-CAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · easy

In one sentence

A community collection of solutions to the classic SICP computer science textbook's exercises, written in Swift, curated through monthly review meetings.

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    What it does
      SICP exercise solutions
      Written in Swift
      Organized by chapter
    Community process
      Submit via pull requests
      Monthly review meetings
      Merge best solutions
    Use cases
      Learn CS fundamentals
      Study group collaboration
    Audience
      Self-taught programmers
      Experienced developers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Work through SICP exercises in Swift instead of the textbook's original language.

USE CASE 2

Compare your solution to a tricky exercise against community-submitted approaches.

USE CASE 3

Join a study group that reviews and merges the best solutions together each month.

What is it built with?

Swift

How does it compare?

jdhealy/sicpadispring/mapios8cdoky/fbmemoryprofiler
LanguageObjective-CObjective-CObjective-C
Last pushed2016-04-142014-12-112016-04-15
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasymoderate
Complexity2/52/53/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Solutions are submitted as pull requests and merged after a monthly community review.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me the community-solved approach to a specific SICP exercise from jdhealy/sicp written in Swift.
Prompt 2
Help me submit a pull request with my Swift solution to an SICP exercise following this repo's chapter structure.
Prompt 3
Explain how the monthly review process works for merging solutions into jdhealy/sicp.

Frequently asked questions

What is sicp?

A community collection of solutions to the classic SICP computer science textbook's exercises, written in Swift, curated through monthly review meetings.

What language is sicp written in?

Mainly Objective-C. The stack also includes Swift.

Is sicp actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2016-04-14).

How hard is sicp to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is sicp for?

Mainly developer.

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