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@jbz

🧵> However, when teaching concepts like recursion and array assignments, the teacher *must* explain the details of the mechanisms (pointers and stack) that Python is supposed to hide. I don't see how Students could grasp those concepts otherwise.

My lectures involved lots of "dynamic" boxes-and-arrows diagrams that could only be done with chalk and eraser on a blackboard. I don't see how I could get the same effect with PowerPoint in any reasonable amount of time...