> We'll find out pretty soon whether the course can survive my own retirement.
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> (Footnote: Nope. Berkeley's new first course for majors uses Python...)
This is the saddest part of the whole post. Taking the intro course in Scheme set me on a path of thinking about computing in a whole new way. While they try to teach the same concepts with Python, it's just not the same thing as using a truly functional language.
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> (Footnote: Nope. Berkeley's new first course for majors uses Python...)
This is the saddest part of the whole post. Taking the intro course in Scheme set me on a path of thinking about computing in a whole new way. While they try to teach the same concepts with Python, it's just not the same thing as using a truly functional language.
A huge loss for Cal students for sure.