[K12OSN] ISO: Good programming language to teach an 8yr old

[Samuelson, Frank*]

How soon you forget FORTRAN.  :)
Not that I'm recommending that be taught, of course.


-----Original Message-----
From: Les Mikesell [mailto:les at futuresource.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 1:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [K12OSN] ISO: Good programming language to teach an 8yr old


On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 12:29, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:

> Python is a very good general-purpose scripting language that will teach 
> the kid good programming practices right from the start. :)
> 

But if you want them to ever be able to deal with other languages
you should warn them that it is unusual (no, bizarre...) for whitespace
to be significant.

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  Les Mikesell
   les at futuresource.com



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