Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
Its good for small scripting tasks. Its good for string processing. I find the dynamic typing a pain.
What's dynamic typing?
I have a lady friend who wants to learn how to program. I just decided to teach her Python for practical reasons:
Its a great first language for people who aren't interested in making a career of programming.
But I do hesitate. I would like to teach her Haskell because I think it's a better language.
Its a better language for people who either have a computer science background or intend to study computer science. I would not inflict a language like Haskell on someone who just wants to get the job done with as little fuss as possible.
Thank you for the info, I really appreciate it. I feel better about Python now.
Given my circunstances, do you think that's a reasonable approach for teaching her how to program?
Teach her Python. If you try and teach her Haskell she will end up programming in visual basic :-).
Heh. Cheers, Daniel.