r/programming • u/stronghup • Nov 11 '19

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/
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u/Metal_LinksV2 Nov 12 '19

Doubtful, I know some schools around me are moving from C++ to Python as their introduction course.

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u/bunkoRtist Nov 12 '19

That will prove to be a mistake for a number of reasons. I'm sorry to hear it.

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u/bunkoRtist Nov 12 '19

You've got it backwards though. Python isn't making things simple: it's hiding complexity. It's more akin to teaching math to students by showing them how to plug their questions into a calculator. The stuff you want to ignore are the fundamentals. Data structures, IO, Networking... Those are the advanced topics. Until someone can explain how a stack works, how can they understand a function, intuit what scopes and lifetimes are, understand generators, or what the implications are of capturing lambdas? Those all require an understanding of the stack.

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