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Seriously? python is the easiest language to get started imo, absolute minimum requirements to get a script off. If non-programmers don't even want to run a fe
by Aperocky 6y ago
Seriously? python is the easiest language to get started imo, absolute minimum requirements to get a script off.
If non-programmers don't even want to run a few command in terminal like pip, why do they even want to start with python? The whole mentality is wrong.
- bredren 6y agoI think maybe the bar is low for new to development experience across all fronts.
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- simonw 6y agoI coach newcomers through setup once every few weeks and it is a nightmare. My aim is to get them to a state where they have a recent Python 3 on their path and they can create virtual environments for their projects which work in a predictable fashion. Inevitably they have already tried several different ways of installing Python and their system looks like this XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1987/ https://xkcd.com/1987/