On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:28:52PM -0700, Davd Brin wrote: > I think you all miss the point.
I think YOU miss the point. As I said, you can get BASIC on Linux if you insist (actually, I just spent 30 seconds looking at Debian packages and Debian has 2 free choices: Bywater BASIC Interpreter and "Yet Another BASIC interpreter"). The point was that there are better languages to learn. Python is an ideal first language -- it can be as simple as BASIC if you like, but it has room to grow and doesn't start you with bad habits. And if you know any programming, you could pick up 50% of Python in an hour (the stuff that it sounds like you want) and then teach your child a really useful language. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
