Nearly all python functions are available in the help file sorted by category, though I'm not sure about alphabetically. IDLE (a primitive python IDE) is included in the standard distribution, and the ipython repl is easy enough to install.
I also started using QBASIC in DOS at age 10 or so. But I really don't see how it was easier. I don't think being being preinstalled is that big a deal; plenty of kids download and install games, level editors and the like. They also manage to program for games, e.g. Warcraft or Quake.
Learning to program differently than we did is not the same as being harder.
I also started using QBASIC in DOS at age 10 or so. But I really don't see how it was easier. I don't think being being preinstalled is that big a deal; plenty of kids download and install games, level editors and the like. They also manage to program for games, e.g. Warcraft or Quake.
Learning to program differently than we did is not the same as being harder.