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		jll29 on Dec 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Principles of Educational Programming Language Des... I'm surprised the author doesn't mention LISP, despite recognizing at some point that programming also IS language design (without explicitly calling it meta-linguistic abstraction, unlike SICP). LISP is the language/notation most easily/flexibly extended, and this is one of the reasons why it may never disappear as long as we still have programming languages around.

bobnamob on Dec 17, 2024 [–]

Omitting an entire class of languages with a strong history in pedagogy damages my opinion of the article.

No mention of Racket, Scheme or SICP!?

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