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   Bruno Rodrigues :rstats: :tux: (brodriguesco@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 23:28:44 JST Bruno Rodrigues :rstats: :tux:

   sad that python, such an easy language to learn, has such a messy ecosystem which requires you to ALWAYS ABSOLUTELY manage dependencies explicitly forever for each little thing. That thing is beyond salvation

   want to teach programming to beginners? Unless you provide a managed environment Python is not a good choice. And if you do provide a managed environment you're hiding complexities that they'll have to be dealing with in the future

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     Ludovic Courtès (civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 23:28:44 JST Ludovic Courtès

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     @brodriguesco Independently of these issues, I always found Python to be a questionable choice to teach programming to beginners.

     In French high schools, students discover programming in math classes with Python. Problem: Python is imperative, so the first reaction is “what the hell does it mean when we write ‘x = x + 1’ and then ‘x’ is a different value⁈”

     Functional programming would be so much clearer.

     @khinsen

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     Ludovic Courtès (civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 23:29:11 JST Ludovic Courtès

     in reply to

     @brodriguesco Independently of these issues, I always found Python to be a questionable choice to teach programming to beginners.

     In French high schools, students discover programming in math classes with Python. Problem: Python is imperative, so the first reaction is “what the hell does it mean when we write ‘x = x + 1’ and then ‘x’ is a different value⁈”

     Functional programming would be so much clearer.

     @khinsen

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