kirby urner wrote: > > > Good thing. I use Python as a way of introducing concepts without > a lot > of Java-style overhead. Presumably once they get the ideas > (including > OOP) we can tackle the monstrous edifices of the official languages. > -- Peter > > > I've heard of agile vs. system languages i.e. Python, Ruby vs. Java, C#. > But whence this word "official"? That's a type I'm not familiar with. > > Python is the official language of Python Nation, no? -- just as Perl is, > of the Republic of Perl. > > Kirby By "official" I mean used in the AP tests. One year everyone is talking C++, then it fades and everyone is talking Java. I suppose I could say the hell with them all and become a Lisp puritan.
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