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| DATE | 2002-02-27 |
| FROM | From: "News"
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] teach a 9 year old to program...
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Ed,
You could always teach your kid how to write Visual Basic viruses. It is
fun and easy. :)
Just Kidding.
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com [mailto:owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com]On
Behalf Of Ruben I Safir
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:24 AM
To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com
Cc: edw-at-q5comm.com; hangout-at-nylxs.com
Subject: [hangout] teach a 9 year old to program...
Hey Ed
Everyone under the sun is now pushing their stupidity on you. It's getting
ridecules.
Java is complete shit, it is complex, and will get your kid nowhere. C is
not even to be
considered. Only an idiot would take a 5 year old and start to teach
compiler theory,
data types and pointers under C to a 9 year old.
Python is white space sensitive and fustrates kids.
USE PERL.
How do I know - gee whiz, maybe because I have kids and they use
computers...
You asked the wrong list this question anyway. We are actually working on
Children and Computer education in our education subcoommittee.
Ruben
On 2002.02.27 00:15 Ruben I Safir wrote:
>
> I started out with Perl
>
> That's my daughter on the NYLXS front page :)
>
>
> Ruben
>
>
> On 2002.02.27 00:12 Ed Weinberg wrote:
> > My 9 year old wants to learn how to program. What should I start with?
> > I have programed it a dozen languages over my lifetime (lately bash and
> > perl), so a new one should not be a problem.
> >
> > He was not thrilled with a bash script which prints "hello world" on a
> > character interface.
> >
> > So here is the question:
> > What is the first language you would teach a 9 year old?
> >
> > --
> > Ed Weinberg
> > edw-at-q5comm.com
> > Q5 comm, LLC
> > TEL - 914-713-7222
> > FAX - 914-713-7227
> >
> > You can find my public key at:
> > www.q5comm.com/~edw
> >
> >
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