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Originally Posted by Jared
I would pick Java over Python, especially if many of your programmers are learning.
When things go wrong (they will!), many people will be able to help you with Java. Few people will be able to help quickly with python.
We only won an event this year because of the help with Java an FTA gave us between matches to fix our autonomous mode.
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The good thing about python in FRC is that the underlying library you interact with to control the robot is almost exactly the same -- and generally speaking, the things that I've found teams have problems with in python tend to be the same things that people have in *any* language -- how to control a motor, state machine concepts, not using sleep() in your autonomous mode, don't overuse network tables... etc. And the good news is, if you ask others around you in terms of those concepts, they should be able to answer your questions regardless of which language you're using.
But you're right, python isn't for everyone.