Re:Learning to Program: Why Python?
by zedshaw on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @02:47AM
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> When you're implementing a linked list or a binary search tree for the first time...
You're about 30 levels above an actual beginner. You have to think even lower capability, like this:
> When you're trying to print "Hello World" you have to know all this hard stuff like how to type "python" into PowerShell, or even just install Python on Windows and fix it's broken PATH settings.
That's where you need to be thinking if you're thinking about what a beginner struggles with.
You're about 30 levels above an actual beginner. You have to think even lower capability, like this:
> When you're trying to print "Hello World" you have to know all this hard stuff like how to type "python" into PowerShell, or even just install Python on Windows and fix it's broken PATH settings.
That's where you need to be thinking if you're thinking about what a beginner struggles with.