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What university is NU?
Northeastern University, which is where the roots of HTDP can be found.
Ah, thank you. I was thinking of Northwestern. To the point of comment you replied too. I do believe there is value in what can be more understood between learning via HTDP vs an easy to understand language, Data Structures, and Algorithms. From stand point of teaching CS to beginners maybe MIT is going for breath and Northeastern is going more for depth.
Then again what do I know, I didn’t go to university remotely in that realm of prestige.