[swelz]

>Bullshit translator: mean intelligence of newcomers becomes so low that we have to lower our programs or only veeeeery few can attend them.

In this case, I think the areas in which programming and CS are applicable has increased so greatly it's now more feasible to have them start from a more general abstracted area and chose their focus as they grow - learning the tools and theory they need for their chosen focus.

If they start getting bogged down by more complex languages it prevents them from identifying after a year or two which areas they are interested in pursuing and focusing on.

[xte]

Hem, Python is more complex than Scheme... And even if it sound far easier to start, especially for people that already know some imperative language, you need to understand a lot more things for a proper start. And after you have to learn more things that are peculiar to Pyhton, not programming in general...