On Dec 14, 2:00 pm, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: > The point is really about being able to run code without having to > explicitly compile it. This doesn't necessarily mean having a REPL, I > actually think they tend to be hugely counter productive for first > learning -- and I really hate all these books on programming that use > only the REPL for all their examples.
So we schould not go back to Scheme, using SICP as textbook? With Volume 4A coming out next month, we can try MMIX. It might be a bit low-level for people's tastes.... Eric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
