Unfortunately I couldn't find the material about interpreters - my memory of it is them discussing it in the lectures so perhaps it never actually made it in the book, or was only in the 1st edition. Those lectures are available on youtube if you want to find it.
https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/...
Unfortunately I couldn't find the material about interpreters - my memory of it is them discussing it in the lectures so perhaps it never actually made it in the book, or was only in the 1st edition. Those lectures are available on youtube if you want to find it.