My son wants me to teach him Python

rusi rustompmody at gmail.com
Thu Jun 13 09:37:34 EDT 2013


On Jun 13, 6:07 pm, Roy Smith <r... at panix.com> wrote:
> In article
> <545a441b-0c2d-4b1e-82ae-024b011a4... at e1g2000pbo.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  rusi <rustompm... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Python is at least two things, a language and a culture.
>
> This is true of all languages.  Hang out on the PHP, Ruby, Python, etc,
> forums and you quickly learn that the cultures are as different (or more
> so) than the languages.

Umm... Of course. I dont know though how that relates to the OP's
question.
So let me try state my point differently:

Python-the-language has strengths that are undermined by the biases in
the culture of Python.
A father wanting to give his son the best may want to apply correcting
anti-biases.



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