Re: [Edu-sig] Lisping

2005-06-11 Thread Rodrigo Dias Arruda Senra
[ Lloyd Hugh Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] --- | As a math teacher, I always fear that I am teaching my students a | particular piece of technology rather than the concept that I am | trying to teach. As a small example, I am confident that my students

Re: [Edu-sig] Lisping

2005-05-27 Thread Arthur
-Original Message- From: D. Hartley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Art, So Python was your foundation for exploring Java - Can I ask, by what route? I began with Python, but lately have been exploring Jython as a way to make use of Java libraries and so on while writing in Python

Re: [Edu-sig] Lisping

2005-05-26 Thread Radenski, Atanas
It is fine and good to learn a single language, but this is not computer science. A single language is just a tool. It is necessary to learn several languages in order to have an idea of what computer science actually means. I believe that introductory computer science should be taught with