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Time was that this sort of thing was covered in courses such as: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-200
by WillAdams 1y ago
Time was that this sort of thing was covered in courses such as:
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-001-structure-and-interpretati...
but they've since switched to Python for reasons:
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=2331 https://irreal.org/blog/?p=2331
- bee_rider 1y agoI think you can teach this sort of class, in Python. Just using the basic syntax of Python, which is essentially pseudocode. The main danger, I think, is that it would involve doing lots of things in a non-pythonic way, which could confuse the students if they went on to write Python for real.