[Edu-sig] Teaching Python instead of Java?

[David Porter]

* Arthinator@aol.com <Arthinator@aol.com>:

> Matthias writes - 
[...]
> >For a new way to look at the world of high school computing, 
> >see 
> 
> > http://www.teach-scheme.org/
> >http://www.htdp.org/
> 
> Been there. Like programming languages.  Agree with
> Kirby - the more the better. Don't like programming environments -
> for Scheme or Python. I should be your audience - a liberal artist
> with an intellectual curiosity about programming.  But the limited
> time I have to devote to the pursuit I want use to learn programming,
> not orienting myself to an environment.   
> 
> What do you recommend to someone who wants to get at Scheme 
> with the copy/cut/paste/run  text editor of his choice.

The graphical environment is an extension to mzscheme. You don't have to use
it. 

http://www.cs.rice.edu/CS/PLT/packages/mzscheme/index.html


David