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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language? (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've always seriously questioned why python has become the defacto beginner language. Sure, a simple print hello world is short, but I feel like static languages are easier to see what's going on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Well, I'm only speaking here for my experience with teaching the U.K. curriculum, but probably the same thing applies elsewhere. I know this much - as a teacher, it's very frustrating!