>i think it's healthier for new programmers to appreciate code as data as soon as possible. Disagree. It's important for new programmers to feel comfortable a

>i think it's healthier for new programmers to appreciate code as data as soon as possible. Disagree. It's important for new programmers to feel comfortable and not confused. Code as data is a relatively overwhelming concept and I don't see any benefit to introducing to someone who doesn't even know the basics yet. I do wish Python had real anonymous functions too - I use them all the time in CoffeeScript - but I don't think their absence makes Python a worse languages for beginners.