From: andrew at andrewcooke.free-online.co.uk (Andrew Cooke)
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 10:24:03 GMT
Subject: proposal: new mailing list
References: <37519172.55C86D95@acm.org>
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On the Python web site, in the docs section, in Guido's essays, there is
a grant proposal that you might find interesting reading.  I read it
yesterday and it sets the background for Idle (I presume - the name of
the environment isn't mentioned) as an environment intended for
teaching.  It also has a long discussion of teaching languages and
Python - I don't know to what extent it is grant babble and to what
extent it reflects the driving forces behind Python, but it made some
things clear to me.  I don't have the exact URL, but I hope you'll be
able to fid it easily from the description above.

Andrew


In article <37519172.55C86D95 at acm.org>,
  "Max M. Stalnaker" <stalnaker at acm.org> wrote:
> I have taught some programming classes.  It seems to me python is a
good
> choice for an introductory CS class since it has minimal key words, a
> clean syntax, and lots of CS structures available.  It also has good
> object orientation..  No texts, though.


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