Interestingly, all the computer science classes at the Center for Talented Youth (CTY), a Johns Hopkins-based summer academic program with a self-descriptive name, are taught in Scheme. They had at one time used Pascal, but chose Scheme over C++. Needless to say, the classes stretch the students' minds---even those with years of programming experience.
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Interestingly, all the computer science classes at the Center for Talented Youth (CTY), a Johns Hopkins-based summer academic program with a self-descriptive name, are taught in Scheme. They had at one time used Pascal, but chose Scheme over C++. Needless to say, the classes stretch the students' minds---even those with years of programming experience.