From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-09 07:56:47 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!fw.baan.COM!not-for-mail From: "Biep @ http://www.biep.org/" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:53:50 +0200 Message-ID: <9dblim$gvr4k$1@ID-63952.news.dfncis.de> References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87snihxiwc.fsf@frown.here> <9dbi83$sji$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: fw.baan.com (194.149.80.1) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 989419926 17820820 194.149.80.1 (16 [63952]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7377 comp.lang.lisp:9873 comp.lang.smalltalk:9632 comp.lang.functional:5591 comp.lang.scheme:3736 comp.lang.perl:2737 Date: 2001-05-09T16:53:50+02:00 List-Id: "Friedrich Dominicus" wrote in message news:87snihxiwc.fsf@frown.here... > Why no Lisp? "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:9dbi83$sji$1@nh.pace.co.uk... > The reason I wouldn't teach it as a FIRST programming language should be fairly obvious. > It is complex and unlike the bulk of other programming languages. Yet, the PLT group (http://www.teach-scheme.org) seems to be fairly successful using Scheme to introduce programming at highschools using the book "How to Design Programs" (http://www.htdp.org). Unlike - yes, but complex? -- Biep Reply via http://www.biep.org