[Edu-sig] Proposing / defending Python in a curriculum

[Luby Liao]

I had an enormously successful experience of using Python as the
primary language and Java as a complementary langauge in CS1 at the
University of San Diego.  This experience was presented at 1999 ORA
Open Source Convention at Monterey.  The conference paper can be found
at  http://www.acusd.edu/~liao/python.pdf

I believe this 'radical' switch helped to de-mystify the myth that
programming is hard.  cheers, Luby

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Luby Liao, Department of Math/CS, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110
(619)260-4021(O), (619)452-7644(H), (619)260-4293(fax)

   'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
   All mimsy were the borogroves    And the mome raths outgrabe   -- L.C.

 > Todd Whittaker writes:
 >  > 1.  Have any college programs made such a "radical" switch from
 >  >     teaching a mainstream language (C++, Java) to Python specifically.
 >  >     I'm aware of the several Scheme based programs, but I'm interested
 >  >     in Python based success stories.  I'm also aware of the work
 >  >     in Yorktown HS by Jeff Elkner.
 > 
 > this was posted to comp.lang.python this week:
 > 
 > http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~qr20/syllabus/syllabus.html
 > 
 > Regards, Phil
 > 
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