> part of a python script and miss one blank space somewhere at the end of a line or start copying in the wrong line. If you use a dumb text editor the script will easily turn into a ugly mess.
I think we can bury this 'Python has significant whitespace' criticism for good now. I have taught python to people from hugely diverse backgrounds (including literature and law) and not once has this been an issue (on the contrary it's a massive help to readability).
Also, no sane person teaches people to code python with a 'dumb' text editor - you give them Jupyter notebooks or VSCode or PyCharm (which has an excellent educational version) or Notepad++ or something.
I think we can bury this 'Python has significant whitespace' criticism for good now. I have taught python to people from hugely diverse backgrounds (including literature and law) and not once has this been an issue (on the contrary it's a massive help to readability).
Also, no sane person teaches people to code python with a 'dumb' text editor - you give them Jupyter notebooks or VSCode or PyCharm (which has an excellent educational version) or Notepad++ or something.