In the beginning of 80s there was a concept called "Programming is the second literacy" [1] introduced by Soviet computer scientist A.P. Ershov. Nowadays it's o

In the beginning of 80s there was a concept called "Programming is the second literacy" [1] introduced by Soviet computer scientist A.P. Ershov. Nowadays it's obvious that there is a huge demand in special programming tools not only for professional programmers (C++, Java..), but for domain experts who use algorithms too (Python, DSLs..). There is a popular objection that "not everyone should be able to code". But it depends on the "to code" definition. A good example here is with game designers. They may not know how to do low-level coding, work with 3d math or use C++ templates. But still for a really good game designer it's very important to have algorithmic thinking and they need to have a tool for testing their algorithmic ideas on the computer. As for Python, there is an issue: it's hard to find examples of good style of Python programming (I think only few of us actually learnt Python with help of textbook). Some time ago I was happy to find notes by Peter Norvig about Python and about comparing Python and Lisp. His code is very elegant, see, for example: http://norvig.com/python-lisp.html http://norvig.com/python-lisp.html [1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0165607481900028 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/01656074819...