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by skillpass 2254 days ago
Python is definitely more real-world practical. Most students will go on to learn it in future classes anyways though. An Intro class is better off preparing a conceptual foundation that will serve students across many languages and paradigms.
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> An Intro class is better off preparing a conceptual foundation that will serve students across many languages and paradigms.

Is there any issue with Python that is against being usable for giving a conceptual foundation? (I understand that it is dynamically typed and abstract away a lot of things in CS) but all of them could be resolved later.