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Absence of clear types is what driven me mad (and my ex), when my ex tried to learn python via interactive online courses. Constant questions like: "why this thing named a is a number and this one thing named "b" is now a list and this other thing does stuff". Switched to java, all problems immediately disappeared.

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"I'm just adding numbers, why do I need 'public static void main'?"

apologies but that sounds like a poor course you guys picked. types should not be a concern for a beginner. i started programming with BASIC and even though it had rudimentary types it wasn't until later that i really learned about types.

worrying about types means you already knew about them.

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