I hear about C, C++, Java every day whenever people starting talking about computer science, but in my first computer science class we are asked to write in Scheme (DrRacket).

Why is that?

What differences will this make to my future understanding of programming?

I hear about C, C++, Java every day whenever people starting talking about computer science, but in my first computer science class we are asked to write in Scheme (DrRacket).

Why is that?

What differences will this make to my future understanding of programming?

UPDATE: I have finished my first term, but not completely done with Scheme. In my second term (which is now) we got in to C programming. It was frustrated to learn pointers at first, but now I feel much better.

There's not much more to say than that. I'm trying to teach myself Java (or C++?) for the OOP part which I'm missing. So far, I still like functional programming best. Lambda is just fascinating. :)

I hear about C, C++, Java every day whenever people starting talking about computer science. But in my first computer science we are ask to write Scheme (DrRacket), how is that?

What differences will this make to my future understanding of programming?

I hear about C, C++, Java every day whenever people starting talking about computer science, but in my first computer science class we are asked to write in Scheme (DrRacket).

Why is that?

What differences will this make to my future understanding of programming?