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by cycomachead 2077 days ago
Most students end up taking a course in another language. At UC Berkeley, they go from Snap! to Python, and it's typically something like VSCode or Sublime as the IDE.
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On my when-things-slow-down list is to write a version of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs using Snap! as the language, aimed at high school kids, so replacing the examples that require calculus, for example. I (no doubt naively and arrogantly) can't help feeling that a transition from Snap! to any language that isn't Scheme would be a step downward.