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I think Go is the easiest language , outside of basic, that i've ever had to learn
I second that. Go instantly came to mind as a fantastic beginner language. - Go is also inspired by Pascal, but it has more of a foothold today, it shares the simplicity and the syntax is more natural and convenient than C and similar. - It's a light language. You can approach it in terms of just functions (procedures) and data, as opposed to say Java (which unfortunately is one of the most used languages in to teach…
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> compiles fast
That is totally irrelevant for beginners, as their programs > as opposed to say Java
Not really a big problem, actually. I watched how people learn Java in college (I was a pro at the time so helped them) -- they usually get main() definition from professor, and then just copy that file around. They write everything right in main() or in other static methods, so not a biggie it's all wrapped in some mystic "class Main {...}". But I think it's much better that:
1. They have to write types for all variables and no implicit conversions made.
2. If it's not in autocomplete -- it doesn't exist. Compare that to Pythons "len()", or Go's "append()" (and explain why result of append() needs to be assigned if it works without it).