Details for Friday Afternoon



Afternoon Lab:

 Implement rest of Scheme
 and/or demo Fractals ----> point out that this form of recursion is
 different from what we have covered and requires a different design 
 recipe


Afternoon Lecture

;; ---  
 minimal complications, 
 creative algebra

 and that's the best way to have everyone benefit

 Preliminary evaluations: Karen North @ Elsik compared C++ and Scheme

;; ---
 Is Scheme useuful? Not the right kind of question, but yes it is. 

 DrScheme is built using Scheme: OS, GUI, ...

 Scheme has lots of features: define-struct, lists, list syntax, fancy i.o.
 No need to know for a beginner!

 That's just a distraction! 
 In C++: lost if you dont understand ptrs for arrays or AP vectors. 

 GOAL: Get Scheme into pre-AP programs, later on into AP-like courses
       ACM will revise its high school curriculum -- Scheme is a top-contender
       Likelihood is that a combination of Scheme + Java


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