See Teaching a class and possibly Perl in school for related discussions. And ++ for posting your materials online -- it will be a boon to others attempting this after you.

One of my crazier ideas is to attempt to teach the introductory CS class here at MIT, called 6.001 as a seminar or something -- in Perl. Some concepts may not map overly well, but it can probably be shoehorned. Anyways, we'll see if I actually carry through on that threat.

I certainly wish you the best of luck with your class -- and do keep us (well, at least me) updated on how it's going.

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