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FWIW, CS 101 isn't a required (or popular) Stanford course, and isn't part of the CS major. The intro series is 106A/106B/107, which are taught in Java, C++, and C respectively.

There are plans to switch out Java for Python eventually but no major classes are taught in JavaScript--the closest it gets is a graduate Programming Languages class that spends a few weeks on JavaScript to illustrate closures and first-class functions.



There's no undergraduate class that illustrates closures and first-class functions (whether in javascript or otherwise)? That seems odd...


The undergrad core (and degree) is 90% Java, C, and algorithms.

To be fair, though, many undergrads take graduate classes and the department encourages it--the only difference is a 2XX course number instead of 1XX, and sometimes a bit more rigor.




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