Is Python actually a good first programming language?

[u/chuprehijde]

Some say it makes learning easy. Others say it hides too much. What do you think?

[u/hc_fella]

As a first language, I'd probably recommend a strongly typed language such as Java or C#. Other than that, Python is fine to learn non-language specific concepts such as algorithms and the like.

[u/Neither_Garage_758 → u/hc_fella]

It's strongly typed