I don't know that arguing for beginner students to learn what is basically the early version of Haskell as their intro to computing is a compelling alternative.
The basics of computing are hard enough to learn when you aren't focused on type theory, lazy vs eager evaluation, etc at the same time.
> I don't know that arguing for beginner students to learn what is basically the early version of Haskell as their intro to computing is a compelling alternative.
See when that text was published. The author would probably argue for a slightly more modern language these days.
The basics of computing are hard enough to learn when you aren't focused on type theory, lazy vs eager evaluation, etc at the same time.