Re: Beginner to programming. References to understand terms.

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2017-04-27 20:27 GMT+02:00 Coda Highland <chighland@gmail.com>:

> That's why I said Scheme is a great second language --
> introduce it after the students have gotten past the "this is how to
> make the computer do what you want it to do" stage, bring in some new
> fundamentals, really broaden horizons.

I have no experience of Scheme, but I have written some Guile,
which I'm told is litlle more than a rebranding of Scheme. The sheer
size of the vocabulary is daunting. Doesn't suit my taste at all. Its
Zen seems to "more is less".