Experiences/guidance on teaching Python as a first programming language

[Rhodri James]

On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:32:25 -0000, Wolfgang Keller <feliphil at gmx.net>  
wrote:

>> > And ever after that experience, I avoided all languages that were
>> > even remotely similar to C, such as C++, Java, C#, Javascript, PHP
>> > etc.
>>
>> I think that's disappointing, for two reasons. Firstly, C syntax isn't
>> that terrible.
>
> It's not just the abysmally appalling, hideously horrifying syntax. At
> about everything about C is just *not* "made for human beings" imho.

It's an excellent macro assembler, so of course it's not made for human  
beings.  Unfortunately the software development took one look at it and  
exclaimed, "It's a hammer, all our problems must be nails!"  And the rest  
is C++.

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Rhodri James *-* Wildebeest Herder to the Masses