Experiences/guidance on teaching Python as a first programming language

[Rhodri James]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:18:08 -0000, Mark Lawrence  
<breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 11/12/2013 16:04, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> I strongly believe that a career
>> programmer should learn as many languages and styles as possible, but
>> most of them can wait.
>
> I chuckle every time I read this one.  Five years per language, ten  
> languages, that's 50 years I think.  Or do I rewrite my diary for next  
> week, so I learn Smalltalk Monday morning, Ruby Monday afternoon, Julia  
> Tuesday morning ...

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