() Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
() Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:00:42 +0100

   I'm planning to run a code reading seminar for some
   ambitious students at my faculty.  I'm wondering whether
   it could be a good idea to study this;).

   (In fact, not really - at least not in the beginning -
   let them learn some more typical stuff before exposing
   young minds to Emacs Lisp with its peculiarities, like
   `interactive'.  We'll start with Python and JS, though
   some Common Lisp is also planned.)

That's like "teaching" a child to walk one leg, the first
week, the other, the second, and together, only afterwards.

Ugh; Not Recommended.

Everything is peculiar in some respect.  If you choose those
of Emacs Lisp, your students may grind their teeth but they
will eventually learn some self-respect (and maybe some love
for parentheses :-D).

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