[Edu-sig] measuring python...

[Jeffrey Elkner]

Hi All!

I'm trying to get together a master's thesis and was hoping to do
something related to Python's suitability as a language for teaching
programming.  I was thinking of comparing Python, C++, and Java
solutions to common first year computer science problems in terms of
length and readability.

Comparing length is not a problem.  "Readability" on the other hand is
not easy to define in any quantifiable way.  I was thinking of trying
something like "tokens per line".

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

jeff elkner
yorktown high school
arlington, va