From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
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Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.
Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java at the same time because all the details of the languages are so much harder. Other scripting languages really don't work very well there either.
If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset.
The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences.
Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to think.
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen.
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining.
People who grow up with two or more languages understand that each can express certain aspects of reality better than the other.
Support for alternate languages will largely depend on the underlying OS.
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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