Re: [Edu-sig] when and why should kids learn Python?

2017-10-29 Thread kirby urner
> > My big disappointment with Python was that graphics was not integrated > more smoothly into the package. Engineering involves a lot of plotting, > and that should happen without extra effort. The integration with C could > also be improved, for those applications where speed is important. > >

Re: [Edu-sig] when and why should kids learn Python?

2017-10-29 Thread David MacQuigg
''' > I'm always in favor of learning at least a couple languages, even if #2 is > mainly for contrast. One's mastery of X improves when one has experience > with ~X. Learn Python and Ruby both? But learn one to a higher level? > Clojure? ''' I agree with everything you are saying, but I would