[aklug] Re: Getting kids into programming...

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On 07/02/2010 02:34 PM, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> On Friday 02 July 2010, Bruce Hill elucidated thus:
>> Is that a good place to start for a 51-year old who hasn't even
>> learned bash?
>
> There's the problem: Bash is *way* to hard as a first programming
> language. I'd suggest Python. :)
>
> j
>

Oops, once small typo there. I think Josh meant "I'd suggest Ruby :)"

Anyway, Scratch looks interesting, although I'm frightened by all the
"go to" statements I saw in the screen shots. Maybe I'll take a look at
it this week end.

- --
Christopher Howard
http://indicium.us
http://theologia.indicium.us

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