Python and Ruby

[Jonathan Gardner]

On Jan 27, 6:56 am, Roald de Vries <r... at roalddevries.nl> wrote:
> On Jan 27, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Jean Guillaume Pyraksos wrote:
>
> > What are the arguments for choosing Python against Ruby
> > for introductory programming?
>
> I think the main difference is in culture, especially for  
> *introductory* programming.

To add to that, Python is the type of language where experienced
programmers can pick it up by reading code, and newbies won't get
hopelessly lost. I've taught less-than-formal introductory programming
classes to people who are new to programming. Python gets out of the
way, and allows you to focus on the programming concepts, such as
variable, functions, parameters, classes, and algorithms.