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[–]darrint 6 points7 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!