Hedy is a gradual programming language that helps kids to learn Python

Re:Hedy is a gradual programming language that helps kids to... by ta9999 on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:54PM (#26946491)

I'm still not convinced Python's syntax is great for beginners.

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Re:Hedy is a gradual programming language that helps kids to... by xtracto on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:12PM (#26947449)

Could you elaborate why? Personally I agree, and the reasons I have is the use of white-spaces as part of the syntax (being one of the only modern languages to do so) and the need to explicitly add the 'self' keyword in class methods.

I would still lean on one of the modern Logo's to learn kids or non-technical people to program, such as MSWLogo or NetLogo (I used to teach programming to people from Social Sciences using Netlogo).

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Re:Hedy is a gradual programming language that helps kids to... by lupire on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:24AM (#26956264)

Python was originally derived from a teaching language called ABC.

It says something that Python has grown so complex as to need a new intro version.

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