[Yoric]

Probably not in the least for developers, but it does affect beginners a lot.

I used to teach Java, and the total sum of magic incantations you needed before starting to actually "Hello, world" were an instant turn off for many students.

[AstralStorm]

How to compile a C or C++ program is also a turnoff, right?

[Yoric]

I didn't teach intro to C or C++, so I can't compare for certain.

From my recollections as a student, compiling C or C++ in intro classes was just a matter of calling `gcc myprogram.c` or `g++ myprogram.cpp`, followed by `./a.out` for testing, which is rather easy to explain to students who already know what a command-line is.