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14 years after Why Johnny Can't Code, we still don't get it. We didn't have to take it literally. All we needed was to simplify a little. And here we are, handing beginners maddeningly complex IDEs for huge languages with thick manuals required just to get started.
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@felixp7@twtxt.net Lua is simple. Tcl is simple. Python requires going through an encyclopedic amount of documentation just to get a taste for what the language can do. And I mean just the language, never mind the standard library. We professionals are used to studying like that, but it’s not good.