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Scheme / LISP was a standard in academic CS for serious theoretical & AI work. FORTRAN, C, Pascal were more like tools for simulations, networks and building us
by ArtWomb 6y ago
Scheme / LISP was a standard in academic CS for serious theoretical & AI work. FORTRAN, C, Pascal were more like tools for simulations, networks and building user facing applications. I really think it's as simple as that, more than any inherent design features of languages themselves. It comes down to influence and community and taste. We can see it now in real time with the adoption of Julia. Is it the "best" language for science / HPC? Perhaps not, but at some point it simply becomes a "norm". And a major part of that process is introducing the language to incoming students ;)
Intro to Computational Thinking in Julia
https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/ https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/