On Jun 13, 9:50 pm, Tomasz Rola <rto...@ceti.pl> wrote: > I've reposted on another list and got this reply. At first I was sceptic > a bit, but for the sake of completeness, here goes. Processing language > seems to be interesting in its own right. Examples are Java-flavoured, > images are ok. > > Regards, > Tomasz Rola > > -- > ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** > ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** > ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** > ** ** > ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_r...@bigfoot.com ** > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:55:11 +0200 > From: Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> > To: <i...@postbiota.org> > Subject: Re: [info] (comp.lang.python) Re: My son wants me to teach him Python > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 04:48:52PM +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote: > > > No. Definitely not. Programming does NOT begin with a GUI. It begins with > > something *simple*, so you're not stuck fiddling around with the > > unnecessary. On today's computers, that usually means console I/O > > (actually console output, with console input coming along much later). > > Of course kids are more interesting in things painted on > screen, especially if they are colorful, move and make > sounds at that. The next step would be a simple, > interactive game. > > Which is why I would synthesize something neat yet > simple fromhttp://processing.org/tutorials/ > > Python is overkill for a kid. Ugh. Some people have just > no common sense at all.
All kids can be fit into the stereotype -- 'kid'?? I can tell you after 25 years teaching programming -- Some kids will take to FP, others will not Some will take to C, some wont Some will take to C AND C++, some will take to only one The majority are ok with python, some hate it One of my long term projects is to take a type classification like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator and see how it maps to a person's potential as a programmer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
