> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Toby Donaldson > > Simple Python programs are usually much easier to read and simpler to > write > than simple Java programs, and so students new to programming really like > it. Interestingly, some of the students who have programmed before > sometimes > complained that Python was just a toy scripting language, and why weren't > we > teaching them C++ (because that what video games are written in, don't you > know).
The fact that CS students might resist Python on the basis of an impression that it is a "toy scripting language" surprises me not in the least. Of course that is a mis-impression. But one that has only been exasperated by an initiatives like CP4E. Perhaps Python would be better thought of more like Lisp had been - as something that a CS student *should* know. Because of its depth, but its ease. Do I have a right to resent the fact that I have needed to make myself into a pain-in-the-ass, and face insult, within the Python community in order to try to re-direct its thinking in approaching the educational community and positioning Python as a factor within it. Whether I do or not, I do. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
