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From: bcote@crash.cts.com (Brad Cote)
Subject: Re: Smalltalk in CS 1
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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 06:50:48 GMT
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In <1994Nov2.120152.7543@wavehh.hanse.de> cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) writes:

>There an ongoing tendency to use pure OO languages for CS courses.
>Horrible, if you ask me. There are many areas where OO is not the best
>approach. Have a look into 'Structure and Interpretation of Computer
>Programs' to see how a Scheme-based course can show what OO is all
>about without closing the stundets' mind.

I second the motion. MIT was using 'Structure...' as the textbook
for their intro CS course in the late 1980s. It is the only CS
book that I reread, at least once every 2 years.


Brad Cote'
FCI Software
