Re: [TCLUG:13004] AP Comp. Sci.

[Christopher Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com wrote:

> Scheme?  Java is fairly easy to learn, *and* it is actually used
> for things other than education.

Scheme has a lot of currency in math and AI applications.

> Scheme is what happens when you take an interesting concept
> too far.  Why not teach the poor students LISP?  At least they could
> work on Emacs with that.

Scheme and LISP are close enough. They are different dialects, not
different languages.


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