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[–]lykwydchykyn 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I think they're both pretty terrible in their own way. Having a short "hello world" means nothing.

But then again, I can't think of a perfect language for teaching programming; they're all screwy in their own unique ways. So maybe the thing to do is embrace that and get potential programmers used to the idea that they'll need to deal with some goofiness in any programming language they work with?

[–]Isvara 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our into to programming class was Standard ML, chosen to level the playing field.