On Jan 27, 6:56 am, Roald de Vries <r...@roalddevries.nl> wrote: > On Jan 27, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Jean Guillaume Pyraksos wrote: > > > What are the arguments for choosing Python against Ruby > > for introductory programming? > > I think the main difference is in culture, especially for > *introductory* programming.
To add to that, Python is the type of language where experienced programmers can pick it up by reading code, and newbies won't get hopelessly lost. I've taught less-than-formal introductory programming classes to people who are new to programming. Python gets out of the way, and allows you to focus on the programming concepts, such as variable, functions, parameters, classes, and algorithms. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list