[Swift-devel] Fwd: [gt-chatter] The Snowtide Blog » Blog Archive » Why MIT now uses python instead of scheme for its undergraduate CS program

[Ian Foster]

an interesting article on the use of Python at MIT

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> From: Frank Siebenlist <franks at mcs.anl.gov>
> Date: March 28, 2009 9:19:14 PM CDT
> To: gt-chatter at googlegroups.com
> Cc: Frank Siebenlist <franks at mcs.anl.gov>
> Subject: [gt-chatter] The Snowtide Blog » Blog Archive » Why MIT now  
> uses python instead of scheme for its undergraduate CS program
> Reply-To: gt-chatter at googlegroups.com
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>
> ...mixed emotions about this switch...
>
> My personal bible has been "Structure and Interpretation of Computer
> Programs" (SICP) ever since that book came out many eons ago, and with
> that, scheme/lisp has been near and dear...
>
> However, python isn't too bad either ;-) ...and you can use it for
> functional programming.
>
> http://blog.snowtide.com/2009/03/24/why-mit-now-uses-python-instead-of-scheme-for-its-undergraduate-cs-program
>
> No word yet about a possible refactoring of SICP onto python... now
> that would make the switch almost painless and would raise python even
> further up in the stratosphere of coolness...
>
> -Frank.
>
>
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