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Terrible suggestion. We need to kill all these c'isms as fast as possible. Teach people to write nice data-structures, with good api's, and with generic and sensible types. All these C'isms like returning -1 for false and 'nil' children seriously sucks. For a systems class it might still be suitable, but you could design good courses around other languages like ada, zig, rust w/e.

If you want to teach them a lisp as a first language, at least use Racket, which actually have modules designed for education. I think it's less of a headache to use a language with a more modern syntax, like python or pyret, but Racket is excellent of course. You can introduce lisp later in a undergraduate compiler/interpreter class so you don't have to talk about parsing for a month.

The girl had sex with a creepy manipulative dude and regrets it. I get it. She's obviously super naive. "Yup we can share an Airbnb, i'll bring the wine!". There's obvious sexual overtones there if you are in your 20's, no matter what any of you say. And having spoken at a conference does not put you in a position of power.

He's just a creep, they are pretty common, confident outgoing girls will turn down a creep every weekend. Does not warrant public shaming. I'd be pissed if some girl i texted "Wanna get it ;-8" on tinder, in a blizzard of hormones, three years back, decides to public and destroy my career. I'd be pissed and it wouldn't be fair. That said i'm glad she did, because he sounds like a complete tool. The perpetual conference go'er crowd is full of weirdos.