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"Courses that teach those languages spend at least half their time just on learning the notation." Spot on. This describes exactly my experience of my Pascal-b
by bazzargh 14y ago
"Courses that teach those languages spend at least half their time just on learning the notation."
Spot on. This describes exactly my experience of my Pascal-based course back in 1986 - and it was way more than half. I didn't come across SICP until 10 years later, and it was a revelation, I didn't realise how much more productive an introductory course could be.