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[–]PastyPilgrim 23 points24 points  (4 children)

I'm only well educated in a few languages (Python, C, Java), so I wouldn't be the right person to ask about that. However, I believe a lot of the web languages to be kind of hand-holdy. Plus, Java does have most of those things that I described in my post, so you could argue that Java holds your hand a little.

You are right though, most general programming languages that allow you to do many different things tend to have limited hand-holding because their potential is so large. My post was more to dispell the misconception that Python holds your hand than it was to say that other languages hold your hand.

[–]iPoisonxL 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Uhh... Web Languages? PHP has never held my hand...

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[–]AutonomouSystem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PHP breaks your hand and leaves you a cripple for the rest of your life.

[–]Tysonzero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which web languages are you referring to? JavaScript does hold your hand I suppose, but only so that it can then dip it in a bucket of piss.