Comments on: Making It Easy To Learn Programming http://mentalpandiculation.com/2010/01/making-it-easy-to-learn-programming/ One Man's Attempt To Find Elegant Code Through Big Words Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Niklaus Wirth's Ghost http://mentalpandiculation.com/2010/01/making-it-easy-to-learn-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Niklaus Wirth's Ghost Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:34:55 +0000 http://mentalpandiculation.com/?p=226#comment-116 I agree that it's not hard but it's not as simple as it is on a Mac. Plus there is a certain level of overhead to Visual Studio (intentionally of course, it's meant for a different audience) compared to the command line interpreter of Python or Ruby. I with Microsoft would include either of those already built in. Python was designed as a teaching language and I think it serves that purpose well. I agree that it’s not hard but it’s not as simple as it is on a Mac. Plus there is a certain level of overhead to Visual Studio (intentionally of course, it’s meant for a different audience) compared to the command line interpreter of Python or Ruby.

I with Microsoft would include either of those already built in. Python was designed as a teaching language and I think it serves that purpose well.

]]> By: sirfwalgman http://mentalpandiculation.com/2010/01/making-it-easy-to-learn-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-115 sirfwalgman Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:47:03 +0000 http://mentalpandiculation.com/?p=226#comment-115 It's easy enough to learn on Windows. Sure you have to download a free version of Visual Studio.. but after that there are plenty of tutorials. Ruby and Python are nice languages also. It’s easy enough to learn on Windows. Sure you have to download a free version of Visual Studio.. but after that there are plenty of tutorials. Ruby and Python are nice languages also.

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