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Maybe it would be okay with syntax highlighting and a careerful of code formatting muscle memory, but how would that fare in an educational context? > "Pyret i
by cormacrelf 5y ago
Maybe it would be okay with syntax highlighting and a careerful of code formatting muscle memory, but how would that fare in an educational context?
> "Pyret is a programming language designed to serve as an outstanding choice for programming education"
- chowells 5y agoOnly having one correct way to do something with very simple rules (always put whitespace around operators) is easy for students. It's when the rules are complicated with exceptions and multiple correct ways that things get hard to learn.
- skrishnamurthi 5y agoIt's been working great, actually. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28265117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28265117