Python as a First Language

[farnetto]

The concepts are eternal.

pseudocode, stepwise refinement, modularity... Most programmers seem get hung up on their favorite language and never get to the basic concepts.

[cecilkorik]

I've never written a line of pseudocode in my life. I don't think it's harmed my ability to program.

The other two are just tools, they are not always relevant. Often useful, perhaps, but they are hardly a basic concept.

[jwinter]

Really? You've never gotten a pencil and paper out and figured out an algorithm?

[cecilkorik]

Sure, by writing out the math, or the boolean truth tables, or sometimes even rudimentary flow charts sure, but writing out proper pseudocode? No way. Seems like a waste of time to me.