I think you are oversimplifying the MIT example. Just a month or two
ago I completed an Open Courseware offering on MIT's website that was
totally based on Scheme. And this offering wasn't from 20 years ago. It
was current as of the past 2-3 years IIRC.

Michael Schreifels wrote:
> > > Teaching programming in C doesn't really have a place in the curriculum
> > > at a respectably CS University.
> >
> > We live on different planets.
>
> Random semi-relevant comment in regards to MIT:
>
> "In the 2003-04 school year, Java was used as the programming language
> for Computer Science. Prior to 2003-04, C++ was used."
>
> Just thought I would throw that in for one of the most respected
> institutes in the country.