On 27 Jun 2005 20:16:12 -0700, "BORT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Please forgive me if this is TOO newbie-ish. > >I am toying with the idea of teaching my ten year old a little about >programming. I started my search with something like "best FREE >programming language for kids." After MUCH clicking and high-level >scanning, I am looking at Python and Forth. Both have advocates that >say each is a great approach to learning computers. FORTH is 'way outside the mainstream of current programming, while Python is, if anything, excessively buzz-word compliant. If you want to teach your kid something that will a basis for learning anything about current practices in programming, teach him Python. Matt Feinstein -- There is no virtue in believing something that can be proved to be true. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
