[plt-scheme] Do no evil

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 3:31 PM, wooks . <wookiz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> You could implement a
>> immutable swap (i.e. a copy) to show the students the mutation is not
>> fundamental.
>>
>
> but
> a) but would it further the objective of clarity
> b) is it relevant to their syllabus
> c) would they care?

I can safely answer "I don't know" to all the above :) But I think the
main point you started with was imperative vs functional style, in
which case I think Matthias has shown that normal functional style
(i.e. no do loop) can be very clear. At least I find his final bubble
sort very clear to read and your students may do so as well given it
doesn't require them to internalise any new syntax.

N.