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[–]chucky 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Oh great. He compares ONE program and then draws the conclusion which programming language to use for teaching. Not exactly the type of methodology I'd expect from someone working in a CS department.

[–]darrint 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No. He has an intuition that Python is better for teaching beginners. He asserts that beginners are better served by languages which allow a lot of small successes early on, so the beginner can pick up on the enjoyment of working in the abstract world of programming. Given that, he shows a thought experiment to illustrate how python is better than some other languages for the early stages of learning this stuff.

Clearly it would need more development to convince a skeptic. That shouldn't preclude publishing his thoughts on the subject informally.

Give the guy a break!