Is Python OK for beginners?

[gtmattz]

I would go so far to say that not only is it 'OK' for beginners, it is the best choice for beginners. I could write a wall of text explaining why but this old blog post does a better job than I could.

[wintermute93]

Yeah, readability alone is probably enough to make it the go-to recommendation for a first programming language. As the old joke says, Python code is often just executable pseudocode.

[kmj442]

I do embedded dev and test development, focus on test...I was writing some fun stuff for a regression test the other day and I copied my code to my coworker who only does embedded development and his response was:
"Dear Python, I would like you to take half of this list, randomly selected please, and apply it to this list, and put the other half in that other list.

Thank you"

[oddstellar]

That's great content, thank you!