No, just referencing a well-known event; but it seems you're right that he's not teaching that course any more http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=531490 http:/

No, just referencing a well-known event; but it seems you're right that he's not teaching that course any more http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=531490 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=531490 However, he did say that starting off with python makes an undergraduate’s initial experiences maximally productive in the current environment. http://cemerick.com/2009/03/24/why-mit-now-uses-python-instead-of-scheme-for-its-undergraduate-cs-program/ http://cemerick.com/2009/03/24/why-mit-now-uses-python-inste... fun fact: norvig switched to python (for his textbook) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1803815 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1803815 It's horses for courses (or ophidia for courses in this case).