Tim Wintle wrote:
> However I think the biggest changes that have probably happened
> with python itself are:
>
> (1) More users for whom this is their first language.
> (2) CS courses / training not teaching C (or pointer-based
> languages).
>
> (2) is especially important IMO - under half of the python
> developers I have regularly worked with would feel comfortable
> reading C - so for the other half reading C source code probably
> isn't going to help them understand exactly what's going on
> (although in the long run it might help them a lot)
I'd just like to note that (2) applies to me in spades. I'm not
sure how many other people are in my position, but I use Python because
I like how it works, and I do not want to use C because I find it
insufferable. I quite frequently look at the source of Python modules,
although more often third-party modules than the standard lib, but if I
have to look at the C source of something I basically stop and find
another solution (possibly abandoning Python altogether for that usage).
I think, in general, the less anyone needs to know C even exists,
the better for Python; likewise, the more that people have to mention
the existence of C in a Python context, the worse for Python. This may
be a somewhat extreme viewpoint, but that's my position.
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no path, and leave a trail."
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