MIT's Transition from Scheme to Python Explained
By
borski
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
MIT switched from Scheme to Python for their introductory programming course, 6.001, due to changes in engineering practices over time. In 1980, programmers focused on producing spare code that ran close to the hardware, like Scheme, which was understandable down to the core.
Key quotes
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Code ran close to the metal, even Scheme — it was understandable all the way down.
Like a resistor, where you could read the bands and know the power rating and the tolerance and the resistance and V=IR and that’s all there was
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