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> I also wanted to talk about how OCaml came about. Did you expect it to be the language everyone taught in French schools? Since 2012 most students learn Pyth
by gwenzek 9y ago
> I also wanted to talk about how OCaml came about. Did you expect it to be the language everyone taught in French schools?
Since 2012 most students learn Python, which is a shame IMHO. Learning OCaml will make you a better programmer for the rest of your life, while learning Python doesn't teach you much about programming.
- wiz21c 9y agoYep, Python made me productive, Java made me collaborative but only Scheme made me understand. (In fact it's another way around : I learned basic at 10, assembly at 14, pascal at 16 then I learned Scheme (continuations, tunks, parallelism, etc) at 22 at university and realized "now I understand what I've been doing the last 10 years)
- B1FF_PSUVM 9y ago> while learning Python doesn't teach you much about programming. I once tried to teach Python to biologists. It's also enlightening - many people don't "get" programming of any kind (except perhaps spreadsheets ;-). If you already get it, then of course a different paradigm will shine new light.