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Re:BlueJ – A Lightweight Java IDE by RockingGoodNite on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:11AM (#32851369)
> ...schools have been preferring Python as a first language which I think is far more appropriate. My teacher used to argue Java is good for beginners because it's a strict OOP language and teaches good habits, but I question how true that is. For one, it falsely assumes OOP is a good approach for an application that asks you to enter your name then prints, "Hello [name]".

I weep for the world of programming.

Re:BlueJ – A Lightweight Java IDE by cies on Thursday September 15, 2022 @11:54AM (#32853935)
Here Dijkstra weep with you:

https://chrisdone.com/posts/dijkstra-haskell-java/

But for going to Java from Haskell :)