Experiences/guidance on teaching Python as a first programming language

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 3:39 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 13/12/2013 16:27, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 3:15 AM,  <wxjmfauth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> One should recognize, with win7, MS, finally, produce
>>> a full unicode system. Strangely, among all the "bashing"
>>> one can read about that system, this is rarely mentioned.
>>> (With an excellent unicode coding scheme!)
>>
>>
>> [citation needed]
>>
>> ChrisA
>>
>
> You'll have to wait until the cows come home on two counts.  One, he's never
> yet provided any evidence to support any statement that he's ever made here.
> Second, he's still not smart enough to stop sending double spaced google
> crap.

I don't know that it's a matter of not being smart enough. It's just
as likely to be a deliberate choice, as that method of posting ensures
that the quality of the style matches the quality of the substance.

ChrisA