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Re:Python is now the most popular introductory language at t... by ufo on Monday July 07, 2014 @06:16PM (#8001888)
1. C, D and Pascal dont have garbage collection. 2. An argument can be made for starting with dynamically typed languages before moving to static typing.
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Re:Python is now the most popular introductory language at t... by eru on Monday July 07, 2014 @10:12PM (#8002706)
> 2. An argument can be made for starting with dynamically typed languages before moving to static typing.

As much as I like static typing, I agree that showing people run-time errors seems to do a better job of teaching than letting them know ahead of time via the compiler that their code will likely blow up.

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Re:Python is now the most popular introductory language at t... by corford on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @05:47AM (#8003691)
Actually, D has garbage collection.
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