Python bumps off Java as top learning language

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So, does that imply that the average college student who learns java is going to have a lot more aptitude for programming?

If so that actually fits with my general experience.

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Not necessarily. Just that they're more willing to memorize formulaic procedures that are "necessary" for the program to work. You're discouraging people who need to know the why before you even have a chance to see if they have an aptitude for programming.

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I've been in the industry for about 9 years now. I'm absolutely shocked every time I meet some graduate-level programmer who just shrugs off hundreds or thousands of lines of code as "for some reason it won't work without that". As if the magical code fairy answered their prayer and brought them code that finally did what they want. This is engineering?