> I don't think it unreasonable to try to keep alive the notion that > at least certain kinds of academic institutions > would and should remain a degree removed from idea of > training, and a degree committed to the idea of > stimulating the development of more abstract skills > by way of a less goal oriented exploration. >
I'm not sure why you think doing Python on top of .NET is a move towards cookie-cutter training-for-industry style programming. It's pretty much the same Python, in terms of syntax and semantics. Maybe some differences in garbage collection, a few other things -- I'm no expert. Python .NET is a lot like Jython -- same Python on the surface, but another implementation language under the hood (C# instead of C or Java this time). > So it is no small thing for me to hear that an insitution like > Swathmore has moved from Scheme to Java. > > Which is a move - in my mind - exactly in the wrong direction. > And would you say the same of a move from Scheme to Python? Again, I think any CS *curriculum* has to go into more than one language. But any given course might focus on just one, such as Python. Plus I like those sampler courses (like the beer sampler you can get at some brew pubs). > Ted Leung blog entry of this morning being highly relevant, I thnk > > http://www.sauria.com/blog/ > > It is also no small thing to me to feel inhibited > from mentioning Ted's entry and hoping to stimulate some > discussion of it here - though finding no direct mention of Python in > it. > > Art I believe I read the right entry, about open source and homeschooling and the flattening of the world (meaning leveling of the playing field). Seems pretty on target in a lot of ways. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
