MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class

Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by tudorachim on Friday November 02, 2007 @03:29PM (#75549)

What was wrong with sicp?

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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by projectileboy on Friday November 02, 2007 @03:53PM (#75565)

Agreed. The issue isn't so much the language, it's what they plan to use to replace SICP. I can't see ditching the purple book as an improvement.

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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by Elfan on Friday November 02, 2007 @07:25PM (#75635)

MIT is unusual in that it combines EE and CS into one department. While SICP may be the best intro to CS ever written, that does not mean it is the best possible choice for a combined CS/EE program.

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