Google Researcher Warns Python-First Teaching Leaves Gaps in Computer Fundamentals
Replies to Laurie Wired agree Python-first courses skip core programming fundamentals.
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Developers replied to Laurie Wired stating that starting students with Python leaves gaps in fundamentals such as syntax rigor and memory concepts. Casey Muratori posted 100 percent agreement. Mohsin Hijazee argued the first language should be pure C to avoid cognitive overload from C++ features. Another user noted CBSE grades 11 and 12 replaced C++ with Python. Szymon Ozog recalled university classes stopping at the first missed semicolon. Jon Masters compared the shift to earlier Java replacements for C. The visible replies treat the claim as shared experience among programmers.
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Tango Mango@BlissfulTango@raysan5 I am annoyed that C++ somehow rides the coat tails of C via the phrase "C/C++" Why dont other languages piggy back like this imposter? "Erlang/Node.js"? C++ set my love of programming back decades, and the constant association with C made me think less of C.
RE rene_f@renef23090039@cmuratori @lauriewired Python in universities? I mean yes ok I am using it, but I am an electrical engineer and it makes sense for me. Even we had Assembly in the university. In university they should code C all day long and when not then assembly.
JA Jasiarz@femcel_chaser@cmuratori @lauriewired C++ does it best to obfuscate how computers work too. Teach them zig once it reaches 1.0. In the meantime impose a global moratorium on programming in general, not worth it.
MO Monkey@Flanz111@vbnospace @vaxryy My CS course had these, it was only 4 out of 10 subjects and they were the only classes i felt like got literally anything out of.....
EL Elledyne Labs@elledynelabs@themishra4402 Software engineering is not dead. Typing code is no longer the bottleneck; taste and accountability are.
BD Billy Davies@BillyDavie90643@raysan5 You inspired me to pick up C again!