On: Python is the new BASIC

[scriptproof]

Maybe Python has all these qualities, but it is - different -. If you learn programming with Python, you have to relearn it again to use any other common language, Java, C#, JavaScript etc...

[gecko → scriptproof]

You could say the same if they bundled in Java, C#, or JavaScript. You ultimately have to make a choice.

[dragonwriter → scriptproof]

> If you learn programming with Python, you have to relearn it again to use any other common language, Java, C#, JavaScript etc...

You always have to learn some new things which each language. Doesn't really stop Python from being a good beginners language.

[edanm → scriptproof]

Javascript has a lot of similarities to Python, actually. Why would you consider it so different?

I'd consider Javascript closer to Python than to C/C++/Java, for example.

[moistgorilla → scriptproof]

You have to do that with almost every language (not including Java to C# or vice versa)