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		projectileboy on Nov 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS clas... Agreed. The issue isn't so much the language, it's what they plan to use to replace SICP. I can't see ditching the purple book as an improvement.

Elfan on Nov 2, 2007 [–]

MIT is unusual in that it combines EE and CS into one department. While SICP may be the best intro to CS ever written, that does not mean it is the best possible choice for a combined CS/EE program.

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