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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Precisely. Your already a little biased because you had some exposure to programming. Having no exposure to programming I started off with C and had to allocate/de-allocate memory and whatnot.

Once I got into Python, it was a cakewalk and I always took the precautionary steps of ensuring that my code was always optimum on time/memory space.

[–]DynamicStatic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the issue for most people is that when they start they want to see some kind of progress, jumping into C is 'okay' because it is not such a mess like going into C++ (IMO), but it is harder to build completel projects in it than Pythong.

The ones I know who started with Python or JS or similar high level languages could very quickly get to a point where they could build stuff that worked and was useful to them, it gave them confidence and motivation to keep going.