tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206736520243633504.post4873039835710073115..comments2023-05-05T14:38:04.412+04:00Comments on G@V!N.: Avinash doing PL!G@V!Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13141062019485330837noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206736520243633504.post-66334731998050254802008-02-11T01:16:00.000+04:002008-02-11T01:16:00.000+04:00Thanks for coming to my first lecture on Scheme, G...Thanks for coming to my first lecture on Scheme, Gavin :-)<BR/><BR/>Scheme is a pretty cool programming language. I always thought that students should have fun learning something complex (and programming is complex). When students tell me they dislike programming, I tell them that, in fact, they dislike C++ (which is perfectly natural because it is so tough to learn).<BR/><BR/>One day, I was speaking to one colleague and I told him that we should use Scheme to introduce programming to our students (like at MIT and Berkeley). He told me that this couldn't possibly happen here because our students were not good enough!!!<BR/><BR/>He didn't realize that the reason Scheme is used at MIT and Berkeley is because people there want their students to become really good in programming... and therefore they use a simple language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com