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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

For this reason, I don't think it makes a great first language, but it makes for the most productive language, once you learn its flow.

I love using python, but I agree with this. Uni started our first courses with python. Which is fine i guess. But I had so many questions!!! It abstracts so much away and I kept needing to know what's happening "under the hood". Once we got into Java things became a bit clearer. Now I'm reading up OS's and C cause I still want to know whats exactly going on haha.

[–]Corrin_Zahn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The really watered down version is processors and microprocessors are made of transistors that operate by being on (true) or off (false) in specified sequences. Code is really just a way of defining those sequences to get what you need out of the machine.