[omaha] Python textbook used in MIT classrooms

[Mike Hostetler]

actually, I think MIT did Smalltalk before -- not Java or C++.

This this is still pretty cool

On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote:

> I knew that a number of schools had either recently started or were
> planning on dropping java and c++ for introductory courses.  Looks
> like MIT made the jump a year a go.
>
>
> " After two years of writing course notes, creating exercises, finding
> solutions to the exercises and developing instructor material, John
> Zelle finished his book "Python Programming: An Introduction to
> Computer Science."
>
> The computer science professor's book is being used in more than 20
> schools in America, including MIT. MIT started using his book a year
> ago as an alternative to Java for their introductory courses."
>
>   http://public.wartburg.edu/trumpet/2007/04-03/python.html
>
> -- 
> Jeff Hinrichs
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