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by sys_64738 1607 days ago
Most Python programmers will struggle with the lack of comparable functionality in the standard C lib. How do you tell a Python programmer that in C to use sets or a hash or a dictionary, that you need to implement them yourself or find a third party library? Also, how do you explain the C compile-link-run process to a Python programmer who only knows that Python just runs? A lot of basics are missing in C and in Python Programmers.

Maybe guide them to C++ for standard template library equivalence. But then you have another ocean of pain because C++ is the kitchen sink.