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Originally Posted by traynor
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Intermediate level programmers, (who hide behind this video) seem to not really understand where the real power of python lies, something that is clearly reflected on their criticism about it.
As I have said before, python is not a simple language and definitely is not easy to master. Besides what is commonly believed, python learning curve is steep. Yes, it is truth that a novice can quickly start writing simple scripts to solve trivial problems but his solutions suffer from scalability, readability and very quickly he reaches a plateau that cannot be penetrated unless he studies programming in the proper and time consuming way.
The ability to express even a simple solution in code is by no means a trivial task. Even an algorithm that appears as simple as a mere binary search can be so tricky to perfect that it took sixteen years (!) for a bug free algorithm to appear in the related literature; many years later java was still shipping with a bug in its implementation of binary search that was only fixed in 2006!
Before been in the position to express some valid opinions and compare languages among themselves, the programmer needs to master many things, including OOP, functional programming, meta-programming and also have a good grasp of a lower level language like C or even assembly.
As in any other craft, python, java, C# or C++ are just the tools that are as good as their users. Frankly, I do not believe that there exist any quick and simple teaching methodology to substitute lengthy experience, painful study and dedication as the means to become a programmer.
https://www.quora.com/There-was-a-bu...at-was-the-bug
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5...-binary-search
