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Subject: Re: Language for Intro CS
Message-ID: <7105@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 4 Apr 90 15:18:56 GMT
References: <7064@cps3xx.UUCP> <1990Apr1.194257.19117@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Reply-To: reid@cpswh.UUCP (Dr Richard J. Reid)
Organization: Engineering, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing
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>In article <7064@cps3xx.UUCP> reid@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Dr Richard J. Reid) writes:
>
>>Columbia seems committed to Pascal having started a repository.
>

>what repository?  
>
>Columbia switched to Scheme as the first language for CS majors a couple
>of semesters ago.
>
I believe Columbia has an anon.ftp that collects and distributes
course information expecially for those teaching Pascal as
intro and using Kauffman as the textbook.

I can look for more specific info if you can't find it there.

I'll switch Columbia to the Scheme column based on your report.

Thanks,

Dick