I know that learning Forth, and "Learning Forth" by Leo Brodie, was the
most important part of my self education in the 80s. And Factor has made
me think more clearly, even as I program in C# for my day job, and
javascript for my node projects.
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Alexander Mueller <ddo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <leonard14...@gmail.com> 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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