[plt-scheme] htdp and modules

On Nov 22, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Prabhakar Ragde wrote:

> So, Matthias, if it is all about teaching principles, not languages  
> (which I fully agree with), maybe we should discuss a language  
> level that is past Advanced but not as wide open as Pretty Big? I  
> know there is a reorganization planned for 4.0, but I don't think  
> it includes a language that is just large enough for my second course.

The reorg does not concern teaching languages (at the moment).

If I were to include modules in teaching languages, what I sketched  
out with my messages to Jan is what I would include. So this is a  
strange issue: the module stuff is almost orthogonal to the language  
level. Due to restrictions on where function names can appear, you  
can't use Beginning Student [+ ...] but that's okay with me.

If I teach the introductory course again, I might just branch out  
from Intermediate into modules with this idea and see how it works.

-- Matthias