In Praise of Scripting: Real Programming Pragmatism ::: Daily Python-URL
2008-09-20
Ronald Loui: In Praise of Scripting: Real Programming Pragmatism
["But there is emerging consensus in
the scripting community that Python is the right choice for freshman
programming. Ruby would also be a defensible choice. Python and Ruby
have the enviable properties that almost no one dislikes them, and almost
everyone respects them. Both languages support a wide variety of
programming styles and paradigms and satisfy practitioners and
theoreticians equally. Both languages are carefully enough designed that
'correct' programming practices can be demonstrated and high standards of
code quality can be enforced. The fact that Google stands by Python is an
added motivation for undergraduate majors."]