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Why not just start at the REPL or with a Notebook? Having an interactive environment seems like it would be easier to learn the language. Then they can move to
by goatlover 8y ago
Why not just start at the REPL or with a Notebook? Having an interactive environment seems like it would be easier to learn the language. Then they can move to a code editor when they're ready for writing more complex programs.
It's this sort of thing that probably drives the likes of Alan Kay crazy when even learning a language isn't interactive by default.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoI agree, but there is also something conceptually useful in learning early that a program is code saved in a text container that is then either compiled or interpreted.