Our course was still using the occam-π revision, listed in the article, to teach concurrent programming ~10 years ago.
In a world of docs on tap and Q&A forums aplenty, learning an esoteric branch of a small, ageing language provided a crash course in concurrent programming and a DIY mentality to problem solving that our Java assignments maybe didn't insist on.
It doesn't look like much has changed but it was nice to re-read all the same!