[Godel_unicode]

Lots of people on just this thread, who have far more than a glancing interest, have expressed their disagreement with this exact idea.

The hardest part for lots of people in learning to program is getting over the idea that programming is for Special People, or possibly Wizards, who know lots of incantations which are beyond mere mortals. Please stop trying to convince them they're right.

Source: I've taught lots of marketing people, admins, call center techs, etc to program in PowerShell or system Python.

[arvinsim]

On the contrary, not teaching people how to install the interpreter just perpetuates the idea that it is beyond the ken of mere mortals. And that only "Wizards" should do it.

Installing the interpreter is nothing special. It should be taught as such.