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As a college student who followed along Berkeley's SICP lectures online in 2015 (taught by John DeNero), I am kinda confused by the Scheme v/s Python debate. Di
by varadg 10y ago
As a college student who followed along Berkeley's SICP lectures online in 2015 (taught by John DeNero), I am kinda confused by the Scheme v/s Python debate. Did I miss out on something having used Python in the entire first half of the course v/s say CS61A taught completely on Scheme (like when taught by Brian Harvey)?
- cbHXBY1D 10y agoYes, I believe so. I think Brian Harvey puts it aptly, "The big ideas in the book — the ones that alumni in the real world tell us they’re using in their work — express themselves best in Scheme." [1] https://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/proglang.html https://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/proglang.html
- varadg 10y agoAhh. Do you think it will really add value to re-take the course under Scheme exclusively?