Python is easier to pick up than Scheme, except for someone who has never programmed before. Scheme has the simpler syntax and semantics, but Python is more li

Python is easier to pick up than Scheme, except for someone who has never programmed before. Scheme has the simpler syntax and semantics, but Python is more likely to resemble programming they've already done. And yes, making a robot move around is fun. SICP wasn't designed for fun. During the late '80s and early '90s it was a weeding-out course when too many people wanted to major in EECS. I thought it was fun, but a lot of people didn't.