Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint

[Marshall Spight]

"Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters" <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote in message news:mailman.93.1067109829.702.python-list at python.org...
> For your
> average Joe (or Jane), having at least the option to freely play with
> mutable values, and imperative flow, makes programming a WHOLE LOT
> easier to reason about.

I used to think that, but I'm not so sure anymore. Oh, I
suppose it's true for Joe or Jane where they're already
used to variables and imperative flow, but if they're not?
How would we know whether recursion or loops are
easier to learn? I don't think we would know anything
unless we did a big test on naive subjects.


Marshall