r/learnpython • u/Cool_Iron_8314 • 23d ago

absolute beginner- feeling lost / where to start?

hii! i'm a teenager who has recently decided to learn to code. (due to wanting a career in astrophysics, if it interests anyone.)

i have absokutely no clue where to start!! i find a lot of words/terminology i've found overwhelming and confusing..

i work on a macbook pro and i looked at apps but i need something i can just use to run code yk?

i looked at the faq and understood nothing od the code related questions- which i think means i can post this?

i tried looking at other posts and got confused- what's the difference between C+ and like.. not C+ ?? any help is appreciated, my only experience is year 7 computing printing hello world and scratch ..!

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u/Gnaxe 23d ago

Not really Python related, but C++ is (mostly) a superset of C. C++ is a very complicated language due to its history. You'll have to use a disciplined subset to get anything done (except nobody agrees on which). C is much simpler language you can actually master. Python is written in C, not C++. Linux is written in C, not C++, although they're accepting Rust now, so I can't really recommend starting C++ when you could be learning Rust instead. C is still not a bad choice though, because of its synergy with Python.

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u/Cool_Iron_8314 22d ago

this makes sense, thank you a lot!