[sampo]

> "I'm glad that they didn't go with Java"

That School (Aalto University) has used Java as a first year language for quite some time. Then they switched to Python (I think), and then to Scala. Before Java, it was Scheme. Before Scheme, I don't know.

[yelnatz]

My university switched from Java to Scheme (Racket) for their first year language.

I'm not sure why they're trying to scare the poor first years away.

[parasubvert]

I think Scheme is a good second year language, which is really when The Fear should set in among the uncommitted.