dunnoh, trying to switch to factor as a language in a curriculum would
imply reordering the courses.
for university i'd say it's possible but not easily so because you'd need
to change the sequence in which things are taught imho - so you have a
gentle introduction (explain everything you'd need to learn in theoretical
informatics first before going dipping into practical informatics since you
can't really go concurrently).
i would say though that the migration cost would be too high (too much
trouble for not much gain) - i wouldn't be able to say what advantage there
would be compared to using python/haskell/scheme/... besides that i like
the syntax alot more.
for school i'd say it might lack some tools so you can just throw kids at
computers and hope that some grok it.
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Leonard P <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stacks, objects, collections, continuations, higher-order functions ...
>
> Anyone else think that Factor would make an ideal language for teaching CS?
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