The first programming course at Oxford is FP. It makes some sense: (1) sometimes diving into something helps (especially with support from tutors) (2) it gives

The first programming course at Oxford is FP. It makes some sense: (1) sometimes diving into something helps (especially with support from tutors) (2) it gives those with existing programming knowledge something new to work with and (3) functional programming concepts are generally helpful, so it’s still useful in other spheres.