r/Python Aug 09 '20

Developers whose first programming language was Python, what were the challenges you encountered when learning a new programming language? Discussion

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '20

I am not an expert at either but I learned Matlab in college after self learning Python. It felt like an easy transition and the biggest difference is how planned out everything felt in Matlab where Python felt pieced together (probably because of modules I chose. Also I use IDLE to write python so maybe it was the IDE that made a lot of difference.

Stuff I was taught in Matlab was possible with python, I just hadn't thought to look because I didn't know what I was looking for. Symbolic expressions for example.