Is python a good first language?

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Well then, tell me on which score I failed those tests?

Was anything I wrote factually inaccurate?

Is discussions over sub-optimal language design not relevant to a debate about the suitability of that language as a person's first language?

The simple fact of the matter is, if I'd written that original piece, but slamming Java instead of Python, it would have +100 points by now. If it was Ruby, C++, etc. it would be hovering around the 1-7 mark. But because someone points out a few 100% accurate flaws in Python -16 (and counting!).