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Well the scala course basically follows SICP for its lectures, examples and assignments. So the funny(or sad?) thing is scala will get a complete translation of SICP before clojure. On 7 Sep., 16:54, Armando Blancas wrote: > > This is a story from the trenches of your every day developer: > > It'

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> > This is a story from the trenches of your every day developer: It's a story with a ridiculous sense of entitlement. Be sure to complete your Scala lessons. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to c

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On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Jorge Fiallega wrote: > > I am kindly asking Rich Hickey, Stuart Halloway or some other big name to > create a course like this in Clojure. > > That would be great! :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. T

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Just to imagine what you are asking and unbelievable!! I want to be in that course On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Jorge Fiallega wrote: > This is a story from the trenches of your every day developer: > I am in platonic love with clojure. I have tried 2 or 3 times to pick up a > book and go

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This is a story from the trenches of your every day developer: I am in platonic love with clojure. I have tried 2 or 3 times to pick up a book and go through it. The truth is that I always get distracted by something else and other priorities. I promised myself that before I ever learn Scala I w

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I'm working through SICP myself here http://grinnbearit.github.com/sicp/ feedback welcome :) Also finished translating The Little Schemer here https://github.com/grinnbearit/the-little-clojurer On Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:18:24 AM UTC+5:30, Robert Pitts wrote: > > If anyone else is interested

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If anyone else is interested SICP in Clojure there's a port in progress (http://sicpinclojure.com/) though I'm not sure if the project is currently alive... if not I'm sure the author could be persuaded to resurrect it, especially if people were willing to help ;) On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:

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Another one that comes into mind is SICP course [1] in Clojure. Given Clojure's similarity to Scheme it should be doable. Also, because the SICP book is now licensed under CC-BY-SA, there shouldn't be any copyright problems etc. IMO [1] http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson

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Thanks, Joshua. On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 6:38:10 PM UTC+2, Joshua Bowles wrote: > > I've made a request to Udacity and forwarded Harrison Maseko's suggestions > in my request. > > I'm sure if enough people get behind this... > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Joshua Bowles wrote: > >> Peter

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That's true. This reminds me of Pascal Chatterjee's Talking to Machines. It should be possible to fork it and embed it in videos? That is if we take the route suggested by Erlis Vidal. What else would that kind of work need? -h On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:55:14 P

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Great idea! But even the community could create the space to learn clojure a la UDacity. Something like Khan Academy but for clojure, where people can choose a topic, maybe even a function and instead of having text as documentation, we could have videos, with advises and real life examples on how

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Great idea and great effort. I would be awesome if Norvig gave a class based on his PAIP book, using clojure or any other lisp beast. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Joshua Bowles wrote: > I've made a request to Udacity and forwarded Harrison Maseko's suggestions > in my request. > > I'm sure if

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I've made a request to Udacity and forwarded Harrison Maseko's suggestions in my request. I'm sure if enough people get behind this... On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Joshua Bowles wrote: > Peter Norvig's response: > > Possible ... Udacity would be more likely -- they seem to be more > skill-b

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Peter Norvig's response: Possible ... Udacity would be more likely -- they seem to be more skill-based whereas Coursera is more academic-based. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Joshua Bowles wrote: > I agree. My thinking with an AI class is that as LISP used to be taught > for AI in school, and

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I agree. My thinking with an AI class is that as LISP used to be taught for AI in school, and most programs offer Java classes, there's got to be a few Professors out there who really dig Clojure and have a good chance teaching it. I didn't propose a "functional programming" course because they alr

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That sounds like a good move, if a professor at some at one of those Coursera linked universities would be willing to do that. However, can the same request be sent to Udacity? Also, is AI the only practical course to suggest? I would like to suggest to Udacity, "Introduction to Functional Prog

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Yes! Just this morning (before reading this thread) I emailed Coursera to request a course like "Artificial Intelligence in Clojure". I posted on a separate thread here ("community interest in machine learning(?)") that I had made the request and provided a link for anyone else who wanted to make a

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Hi Yann, I agree that Udacity is more approachable in this regard than Coursera. But imagine the publicity the language would get if such a massive audience were given exposure to Clojure and Clojurescript. I have always believed that a subset of Clojure (or any Lisp) could be taught even to pro

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On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Harrison Maseko wrote: > Hi All, > Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) such as the ones offered by > Udacity > , Coursera , and soon > edXwill eventually become platforms from which a >

Expanding the Community Through Online Courses

Hi All, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) such as the ones offered by Udacity , Coursera , and soon edXwill eventually become platforms from which a language can be showcased and exposed to a very wide audience. Here a