On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 6:48:12 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > > But apart from that, I think that "teaching" versus "doing" language is a > false dichotomy. Teaching languages should have a shallow learning curve > (easy to get started and learn the language, easy discoverability). > Production languages should have deep functionality and power. Those two > are not *necessarily* opposed[1]. Good languages should have both: a > shallow learning curve leading to deep functionality. > > [1] Except in the trivial sense that the more you have to learn, the longer > it will take. Consider as hypothesis L1: Needs 4 weeks to master L2: Needs 4 years to manage (if you want to make it less hypothetical think C++) Which would be more satisfying to a student? [Not a hypothetical question: Some people like to go mountaineering/bungee-jumping etc and breaks their necks. Likewise Ive seen students who were so C++-happy they failed other courses! I'd hazard you have forgotten what it feels like to be a student by some decades :-) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
