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A comment on MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class.

Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by geebee on Friday November 02, 2007 @04:51PM (#75582)
Who else is using Scheme for the intro course? Is it just Berkeley now? BTW, anyone know what Stanford uses for the intro sequence? Just kinda curious.
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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by Elfan on Friday November 02, 2007 @07:33PM (#75637)
The following Google search returns 320 results:

site:*.edu "How to design programs" OR "structure and interpretation of computer programs" syllabus

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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by tmdg on Friday November 02, 2007 @08:36PM (#75668)
Stanford uses Java for their CS1 class, C++ for their CS2 class, and a combination of C/C++/Scheme/Python (or Java) for their CS3 class.
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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by pc on Friday November 02, 2007 @10:02PM (#75688)
Berkeley, Northeastern, Indiana, Caltech, Brown, Yale (kinda)
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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by far33d on Saturday November 03, 2007 @12:33PM (#75810)
Brown uses Scheme for one of the intro tracks - it has two, the other is taught in Java.
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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by mprovost on Friday November 02, 2007 @06:18PM (#75612)
Indiana Univ Bloomington still appears to (C211).
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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by brent on Saturday November 03, 2007 @03:06PM (#75829)
Yeah. That's what happens when you have Dan Friedman and Kent Dybvig on staff.
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Re:MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class by utnick on Friday November 02, 2007 @06:28PM (#75614)
georgia tech switched from scheme to python too since I was there in the past 2-3 yrs

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