[tharibo]

This article was written in the mental state of hate. The author may well reread it, and remove all the hate. He can have the opinion that Python3 is not suited for teaching where Python2 is, but his arguments are in fact just opinions.

Another problem in the tone: no respect for his readers.

    "if *I* struggle to use Python's strings then you don't have a chance."

[emodendroket]

If you're at the level where you want to use "the hard way" stuff to learn to program he might have a point.