[plt-scheme] Scheme for first year CS classes, good or bad?

Jens Axel writes:

> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9w1br/scheme_for_first_year_cs_classes_good_or_bad/

This is a Waterloo student (not in the class I'm teaching, though at 
least one of his respondents is). He picked the wrong forum, as reddit 
seems to have a core of active dedicated functional programming fans. 
What was striking was the lack of agreement with his stance. --PR