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Python Bumps Off Java As Top Learning Language

Posted by Soulskill on from the from-college-import-education dept.

itwbennett writes: Python has surpassed Java as the top language used to introduce U.S. students to programming and computer science, according to a recent survey posted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Eight of the top 10 computer science departments now use Python to teach coding, as well as 27 of the top 39 schools, indicating that it is the most popular language for teaching introductory computer science courses, according to Philip Guo, a computer science researcher who compiled the survey for ACM."

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  1. Which raises the critical question: by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 5, Interesting

    2.x or 3.x?

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  2. Re:The Future's So Bright by hondo77 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But good developers make less mistakes in a language where there's less freedom...

    Some of us like having the training wheels off our bikes.

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  3. Re:Java or Python by St.Creed · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why o why do people drop Pascal? It's still one of the best languages to learn how to program: it's typesafe, compilers plenty, and you can easily create custom types (records). With pointers to records you can make lists, trees etc. - all the constructs basic to the trade.

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