Re: functional programming is great, but why lists?

[Bill Richter <richter@math.northwestern.edu>]

     If you use the design recipes in How to Design Programs, there's
     nothing gem-like about writing REVERSE -- it's easy, simple and
     boring, just as it should be.

Cool, Shriram!  Sounds like I need to read HTDP myself, not just my
nephews & neices!  I've been reading the advanced parts, but I
foolishly dismissed the earlier design recipes.

   To be safe, begin with HtDP and graduate to TLS only if they find
   the going too slow.

Perfect answer for dealing with high school students, thanks.
   
   Life's too short to deal with a billion different hypothetical
   questions about pedagogy, Bill.  And this list isn't really the
   right place for this topic, either.

I thought it was actually, but I apologize, I'll try not do it again.