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On Jul 6, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> John, just to take things even farther off topic did you know MIT no
> longer uses Scheme for 6.001?

Yep. It’s Python.

> 
> (I went to Northeastern, but some of the MIT people I know are still
> unhappy about it)

Indeed. They should get over it. Scheme never worked well as an introduction to programming. It was more hazing than education. You normally must first master the concrete and practical aspects of an area of knowledge to be able to appreciate a more abstract and theoretical approach.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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