On Monday, February 17, 2014 12:01:18 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I take it that you haven't spent much time around beginners? Perhaps you > should spend some time on the "tutor" mailing list. If you do, you will > see very few abstract or philosophical questions such as whether > references are themselves things or what identity means. But you will > find plenty of questions about:
> - "Will you do my homework for me?" Right And what that 'homework' consists of is determined by the educational context of the questioner. 'Teacher' is of course a big but hardly exclusive part of that 'Syllabus-setters' (who can be more clueless than teachers) are another 'Other attendant factors' big one being programming language. Hang out on a Haskell list and you will get questions about - category theory - typesystems - structural induction and so on and so forth Does that mean Haskell is better than Python? That depends on which side of the balance-sheet is plus for you. For some getting the job done with a minimum of heavy-duty concepts is a plus For some lots of profound concepts is wonderful Basic to python philosophy is to get people off to a running start quickly. If NOT starting until you/your ward have mulled on some profundity is your thing then python is not for you -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
