I've tried introducing one person w/ higher mathematics knowledge to scheme and it went well. I think that people think that imperative programming is somehow

I've tried introducing one person w/ higher mathematics knowledge to scheme and it went well. I think that people think that imperative programming is somehow 'more natural'. I still sort of think that but, I haven't seen that bourne out when I try teaching programming. All programming is foreign to people when they start. And you are influenced by what you start with. I started with Forth ( ages ago ) and when I first started using an imperative language, it was a struggle for me.