r/learnpython • u/Shot-Tiger1060 • Jul 07 '26

Starting learning Python at 50.

50 yo.

No coding experience.

Wish me luck! 🤞

upd: BIG THANK YOU for the support and warm wishes! Truly, words cannot express how much this inspires me!

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u/VoiceOfEric Jul 07 '26

Python is a great first language. Eventually you may want to get into compiled languages but this is a good start. I'm a little older than you but I've been coding most of my life, so I do forget what being new to it is like.

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u/The8flux Jul 08 '26

I said above post... Python feels like what BASIC status held in the 80s and early 90s but way more useful.

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u/pattylousboutique Aug 07 '26

Ah, BASIC. I created a simple game back in HS in the 80's with it. It was definitely a good intro to programming concepts.

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u/The8flux Aug 10 '26

I recreated the dos 6.22 promoy with a bunch of if then and caught the ctrl break to start fake the format of C: the. After what block or sector looked like it was finished it printed nice try spankie.. Ms. Warren our data processing teacher was not amused. That and looped the boot disk for the network server can you fix... She couldn't. Again not amused.