On 2008-03-22, bsoist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 22, 12:40 pm, jmDesktop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For students 9th - 12th grade, with at least Algebra I. Do you think >> Python is a good first programming language for someone with zero >> programming experience? Using Linux and Python for first exposure to >> programming languages and principles. >> >> Thank you. > > Absolutely. I love using Python in "the real world" but it is > fantastic for beginning programmers. > > Python enforces good habits and presents many opportunities to discuss > programming from an academic perspective. Why does Python not have a > switch or until statement?
Why doesn't it? > Why are very common objects (stack, queue, > linked list) not builtin? etc. I think I know this one: you just use builtin lists to do stacks, queues and, er, lists. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
