I think experienced programmers find languages like Haskell difficult not because of an implicit difficulty, but because they may not match paradigms that are p

I think experienced programmers find languages like Haskell difficult not because of an implicit difficulty, but because they may not match paradigms that are popular in universities and commonplace work environments. That said, I think Python has a lot of conveniences that make an early level programmer become effective much quicker than most other languages; these conveniences may translate well to teaching.