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eddie_31003 on Feb 14, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Should I learn C++ or Python?

At many Universities and Colleges, Python is taken as their first programming course. Then for the second and/or third course you study Java and/or C++.

AstralStorm on Feb 14, 2017 [–]

The Java course is a waste of time, the language does not bring anything new against Python when compared to C++.

Only a few Java specific things and an emphasis on patterns and workarounds for things you cannot do directly because the language is so limited.

Java is a decent first choice, but not a second one.

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