[plt-scheme] Re: plt-scheme type of language

Hello Matthias,

2009/12/11 Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>:
>
> On Dec 11, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Artyom Shalkhakov wrote:
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>> (To make it clear, having read PLAI and done the exercises, I have many
>> questions of the "why"/"why not" sort -- and those you've raised, and
>> I don't know which books to follow.)
>
> This is fair and I take half the blame as a non-co-author.
> I voiced just this kind of complaint when I first studied
> this kind of course (A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Meta-Universe)
> and I could and should have fixed this consistently -- but alas,
> after one or two courses that tried this, I went back to the old
> mold. Just show them the right way, there are too many ways to
> do things wrong, and too many silly arguments to take apart.

I'm not sure I follow, sorry.

Are you basically saying that a good way to teach students is to show
them the way that is considered "right" (by majority, by authority,
etc.)? Does "right" mean "established results" in this context?

Cheers,
Artyom Shalkhakov.