On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 04:59:43PM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote: > > Interesting point. Computer science courses could cover more ground > that way. It appears that the general belief among computer science > instructors is that they should use the most popular languages, like > Java and C++, to incidentally teach practice while they're teaching > theory. That's a mistake because it's teaching a largely unrelated > practice. It would be better to use a language that's more optimal for > teaching, and have students practice applications of the theory being > taught.
That's precisely the reason why MIT uses Lisp (Scheme) at its intro to computer science classes. -Roberto -- He's got a Magnet! Everybody BACKUP! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
