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		argonaut on May 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming by poking: why MIT stopped teaching SI... 1) MIT definitely offers calculus classes for people who haven't taken calculus, although obviously these people are in the minority. 2) Most high schools don't offer CS. 99% of high schools offer some form of calculus.

thaumasiotes on May 6, 2016 [–]

I'm just pointing out that there's no "chicken-and-egg problem" with MIT requiring CS exposure for its intro CS classes.

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