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> It definitely seems easier (or is more popular) to start people on imperative programming styles, because it is easier to make analogies There are simply _wa

• bayesian_horse 5y ago
  Thinking back to my days of starting programming, it was a lot easier to get my head around "do this then that" rather than working in expressions and functional paradigms. When teaching/instructing others, this impression only deepened. It took a long while to even understand why functional programming has any appeal. I know that some university courses start out with scheme or lisp as a first language. But I suspect they get away with it because they have a captive audience and one that is already selected for high math tolerance.