[aub3bhat]

Please don't spread bad advice. There is a reason we teach Python and not ia64 Assembly to beginners.

[Safety1stClyde]

> There is a reason we teach Python and not ia64 Assembly to beginners.

Fashion is a reason, but it's not a good reason.

[taurath]

Relevance and accessibility are others.

[unpopulatedopin]

we kinda do both, most basic functions and ops have direct complements in high and low level langs. Actually, a good course starts with logic, binary, and some electronics on the side.