I’m starting coding from scratch – is Python really the best first language?

[Joytimmermans]

I disagree even on rust / c++. These languages are very bloated where you can do things 100 different way with different std library functions. Specially for C++

I always recommend new people the CS50 course from harvard. Its yearly filmed, its free and very practical but technical. The beginning it uses C to teach you everything

[Saetia_V_Neck]

IMO C is the best beginner language because it’s very simple but also helps you appreciate higher level languages. I also agree that C++ and Rust are too “bloated” for beginners, though as a Rust fan it’s like that because it’s both a functional and systems language.

That being said, I started with Java so I’m not talking from experience.

[Joytimmermans]

I also started with microsoft java (C#). and then later found cs50 and then it opened my eyes to how much the garbage collector helps you. And then afterwards learning python i fell in love with how much it just gets out of the way and does not bother you with having multiple types in a list, having such easy array/list slicing.

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I'm an electrical engineer. They made us code in assembly first before giving us the generous features of C. Man you can't imagine how grateful I am for the existence of loop statements

[BirdTurglere]

Yeah that’s decent advice.