I've seen more university calendars these days copy CMU and add functional programming like SML as the new preferred intro course, esp European universities it

I've seen more university calendars these days copy CMU and add functional programming like SML as the new preferred intro course, esp European universities it really is probably one of the best student languages for understanding/reasoning about large programs by using types and it puts everybody on equal footing since normally most first year students have zero exposure to functional programming. https://existentialtype.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-dog-that-didnt-bark/ https://existentialtype.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-dog-tha...