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Why MIT switched from Scheme to Python (2009)

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284 points borski | 1 comments | 25 Jul 25 16:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.26s | source
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anthk ◴[25 Jul 25 16:47 UTC] No.44685229[source]▶
Scheme it's far easier to grasp. With SICP you basically rewrite a Scheme within a Scheme. And you teach Calculus to the interpreter to solve further problems.

Online SICP: http://sarabander.github.io/sicp/

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glimshe ◴[25 Jul 25 17:04 UTC] No.44685461[source]▶
To do that with Scheme/SICP, you actually have to understand the CS principles behind it. Not as much with Python, which is likely why it became a more popular choice.
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1. anthk ◴[25 Jul 25 17:23 UTC] No.44685717[source]▶
The point of Scheme SICP is that it will teach you these CS principles.