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

[Grant Edwards]

On 2015-05-12, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
> zipher <dreamingforward at gmail.com>:
>
>> That is why you have very high-level languages that allow you to
>> rapidly prototype ideas, test them, and then, depending all the other
>> constraints, move them to lower-level language implementations.
>
> Finally an argument to tackle. That rapid prototyping role is often
> mentioned as a strong point of high-level languages. However, I can't
> remember personally doing that.

I've done that on several occasions: develop and debug an algorithm or
protocol using Python, then re-write it in C once I'm happy with the
way it works.  Those instances are not for desktop use, though.  They
final app has to run on an embedded system that has zero chance of
ever supporting Python.

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