Why MIT switched from Scheme to Python

Costanza asked Sussman why MIT had switched away from Scheme for their introductory programming course, 6.001. This was a gem. He said that the reason that happened was because engineering in 1980 was not what it was in the mid-90s or in 2000. In 1980, good programmers spent a lot of time thinking, and then produced spare code that they thought should work. Code ran close to the metal, even Scheme

[kgbu]

MITの基礎プログラミングコースがSICPを教科書としなくなったのは、基本的なパーツを組み上げていくセンスよりも、錯綜するライブラリとフレームワークの海を泳ぐ体力がサバイバルには重要だという判断だったらしい。

[j0hn]

via http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8772y/why_mit_switched_from_scheme_to_python/

[takanori_is]

SICP で有名な、MIT の 6.001 が Scheme から Python に乗り換えた理由