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Udacity: Python vs. Java: Udacity Instructor Weighs In On Programming Languages
Python, a programming language named not after a snake species but a 1970s British television comedy sketch, is gaining popularity in colleges across the US. In a recent article, ComputerWorld reported that “Python has surpassed Java as the top language used to introduce U.S. students to programming.” The article goes on to suggest that majority of top computer science departments in the US now use Python to teach coding. As a teacher who has introduced programming to thousands of students, I must say that I am thrilled with this development. Consider the following program in Java. It prints out the text “Hello World” on the screen and is generally the first example used by many programming instructors.Hello World In Java class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello World"); }} Now imagine you are a novice programmer looking at thi…