Instead of deciding between Python or Lisp for a programming intro course...What about an intro course that uses *BOTH*? Good idea?

[Rustom Mody]

On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 9:29:31 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 2015 06:43 am, Chris Seberino wrote:
> 
> > I'm thinking that for the VERY beginning, Scheme is the fastest language
> > to get beginners up and running writing code due to the extremely minimal
> > simple syntax.
> 
> Do you believe that learning syntax is the hardest part for beginners to get
> past?

You seem to be asking a rhetorical question.

I regard it as a basic koan in CS
http://blog.languager.org/2015/04/poverty-universality-structure-0.html#fundamentalKoan