Google researcher warns C++-to-Python shift is creating devs who don't understand computers
Franc0Fernand0 · x · 2026-09-04
Google researcher LaurieWired warns that universities switching core CS teaching from C++ to Python is producing programmers who don't understand how computers actually work: high-level languages abstract away the internals, hurting debugging skills. She and retweeter Franc0Fernand0 argue starting with C++ — covering data types, memory management and OOP — makes every later language easier.
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