On: Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanic...

[kkylin]

Looks like MIT Scheme (on which the ScmUtils system runs) still gets some regular maintainence releases, though I don't know how active development is these days:

https://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mit-scheme/stable.pkg/

Installation instructions for the ScmUtils package:

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6946/index.html

As far as I know, Gerry and Jack still teach the course every year (can someone currently at MIT verify?) and still use the system.

[mspecter → kkylin]

Yep! https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6.945/

I'm in his group at MIT.

[kkylin → mspecter]

Good to hear! Please say hi to everyone. I used to hang out in the group back when it was still at Tech^2.

[bryanrasmussen → kkylin]

I had assumed it was being done in Python https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14167453

[thatcherc → bryanrasmussen]

Nope, that's just the 'intro to programming' class. The class for this book is "Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach" (I think) and it's definitely still taught in Scheme.

[jhbadger → thatcherc]

While I'm glad to hear that, how does that work given that the students presumably won't have been taught Scheme from SCIP beforehand? Is it just a given that students taking the class learned Scheme on their own?

[bryanrasmussen → thatcherc]

Thanks, I had assumed the intro class changing would signal a comprehensive shift.