[Edu-sig] Why Python?

[chris at seberino.org]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 04:50:34PM -0700, David MacQuigg wrote:
> Python is just a means to an end, the closest thing we have to
> pseudocode.

I agree with you.  I've heard people say that Scheme is the most like algebra.
I don't know exactly what that means or if that means Scheme is the simplest
introductory language.  My hunch is that Python is better.

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