On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Danny Yoo wrote: >>> "Scheme" is usually a liability when someone used it in school years ago >>> (other than with HtDP). > > Small anecdote: I had gone a small presentation at WPI about teaching > alternative concurrent programming models to undergraduates. The > presenter wanted to explore teaching with channels and actors. They > chose Google Go as the language to explore those models. I raised the > question in the after-session: why not use Racket? The presenter > responded with some shock: he had no idea Racket supported threads or > had channels. > > The presenter had gone through a HtDP class, and was convinced that > BSL was all that Racket was about. So I don't necessarily agree that > it's only the non-HtDP students who have a distorted understanding.
I am aware of that. That's distinct from why I said 'sad'. _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev
