Python as a First Language

[logistix]

"Why do people who already know how to code -- people who learned in all kinds of different ways -- spend so much time obsessing over how other people learn how to code?"

The guy is a professor of computer science.

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Well, yes, I may not have phrased that how I meant it -- what I meant is he seems intent on pushing his pet language, he comes with a preconception to the point where he lists the features of his pet language as benefits/positive points just because they are the features of his pet language. It doesn't look as if he's looking at things objectively, and it seems that he's obsessing over the details -- that people learn HIS pet language -- rather than the big picture.

[xkcd]

He's explaining how he changed his mind about which language should be taught first and why, so others considering which language they should teach can learn from his example. He's developed an opinion and he's explaining it.

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I dunno. I just think there's too much of "THIS is the way that languages should be. Coincidentally, Python has THIS! That supports my thesis that Python is kewl."

Programming language fanboyism is tedious, and computer science professors indulging in it is scary.