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parenthesis on Jan 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dijkstra on Haskell and Java (2001)

At the University of Edinburgh, they teach first year undergraduates Haskell and Java (Haskell in semester one and Java in semester two).

mschlafli1 on Jan 8, 2014 | [–]

But I bet that's only because Phil Wadler is there advocating functional programming and Haskell to bits.

warmfuzzykitten on Jan 8, 2014 | [–]

How successful are they with this approach in terms of student learning? What are the success, drop-out rates, etc?

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