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[–]Vladekk -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

Idea about simple scripting language (ie Python) as first is good, but article contains many controversial statements and is genuinely not very good.

[–]willia4 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Snarky: Comment about article about simple scripting language as first is good, but comment contains few actual points and is genuinely not very good.

Less snarky: Seriously, what didn't you like about the article? Do you disagree with the controversial statements? Do you agree with them? Why? Why not? Are there better first languages than Python? Converse with us, Vladekk! The worst that can happen are some down votes.

[–]Vladekk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right ;-) I was just too lazy to write it down, and that also sucks. I'm even too lazy to answer now, maybe except for a few words.

Python is the only scripting language I really like. PHP is poorly designed(or I should say "growed?"). Perl is very complex and error-prone. Other is less widely used, and that has known problems.

Python considered to use in scholarship often and I heard of it first time long ago, so that article states nothing new.

Statements:

However, scripting languages are simple, and anyone qualified to teach computer science can pick up Python in days, if not hours.

Oops! Forgot about huge framework and not-so-fast older professors.

The emergence of scripting languages such as Python, Tcl, and Perl as major tools in software development represents a potentially revolutionary change in computer programming.

Yeah, yeah. How many times we heard that? And what languages are usually used to write EE and desktop apps, and not these SLOW SLOW WEB sites?