[Edu-sig] Re: The right learning environment

[Matthias Felleisen]

   If the language offers a shell, one should also use the shell,
   without even a text editor.  Entering 1+1 to get 2 is even more
   basic than 'Hello World'.  The command line just sits there,
   waiting to give immediate feedback.  Some people don't discover
   this about Python until late in the game, and I think that's a
   pity.  I like that Guido's tutorial starts with 'using Python
   as a calculator'.

And how exactly does DrScheme differ? -- Matthias