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What was the name of the class?

• Jtsummers 11mo ago
  It's likely following HTDP: https://htdp.org/ https://htdp.org/
  • Kerrick 11mo ago
    It could be following PLAI: https://plai.org/ https://plai.org/
    • Jtsummers 11mo ago
      But that's not normally run as an introductory course, which is what OP mentioned Racket being used for.
• chongli 11mo ago
  Might have been Waterloo's Introduction to Functional Programming (CS 135). I have TA'd (technically ISA'd) that course several times and helped countless students in office hours. The struggling students didn't just hate Racket, they hated the whole HTDP philosophy of following a "design recipe" and writing documentation prior to implementing a function. Most of those struggling students essentially waited till the last minute to do the documentation, completely flouting the intention of the course. I don't know if the strong students had the intended approach since they were never in office hours asking for help!
  • nish__ 11mo ago
    I loved that course so much. I remember some seemed to hate it because "when are we ever going to use Scheme in real life?"
    • chongli 11mo ago
      I really loved the course too. That's why I kept working for it! It always made me sad when students hated the course, which was most of the ones I met in office hours. I think the students who really loved the course did well enough that they didn't come to office hours, so I never met them!
• varun_ch 11mo ago
  Waterloo’s CS135! I’m in it right now.