Reviews In Depth

I first came to believe that we were all going to die the day my neighbour ‘Old Man Bill’ disappeared. I mean – really believe it. No more hope. No more delusions. Belief that it was just a matter of time before it happened – either by our own hand, or by way of the things that were out there. It’s the kind of belief that comes with a bitter-sick feeling right in the pit of your stomach. It drops you to the floor and has you crying your eyes out. Defeat, annihilation – end. I believed it all right. All because one old man got taken out. The countless deaths before hadn't made me see it. It was the death of an Old Man that meant the end of the world.

Today we will be reviewing a programming language. Yes! A programming language - Python to be precise. But as per usual here on RID - we won't be looking at things from the normal perspective. If you head on over to the various places where hackers hang out on the internet, the sort of discussions you'll find run something like the following: What is the programming language at issue? Weigh its pros and cons versus other languages. How is it typed? Is it object orientated? Is it functional? What in fact are the advantages of these features... etc... What is much more uncommon is a discussion of the question - why should anyone learn to program? And that's the question I'm going to answer today.