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On 12/05/2015 07:42, Rustom Mody wrote:
>
> And related to that (and one reason a pure functional language is good for
> pedagogy): NO PRINT statement
> It may seem trivial but beginning students have a real hard writing clean
> structured code.  Tabooing prints helps get there faster
> And working in the interpreter makes a print-taboo a viable option
>

If students can't be taught to distinguish print from other parts of the 
language they should get themselves onto a course teaching semi-skilled 
light bulb fitting.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence