i still think the old MIT approach of using scheme - and not even explicitly teaching it - seems like the best one. Start with a small simple language, and focu

i still think the old MIT approach of using scheme - and not even explicitly teaching it - seems like the best one. Start with a small simple language, and focus on just data and procedures. Hand-wringing about how useful a CS 101 language is in industry is putting the cart before the horse. People need to learn the ideas, and the less language they have in the way, the better.