On Fri, 27 May 2016, Jay West wrote: > I suggest instead... "BASIC is great, but as soon as the kid grasps the > concepts, move him to assembly language ASAP."
I learned a language called "Logo" first. It was taught by volunteer instructors at a local community center. I was 7, and the minimum age was supposed to be 10, but they let me in anyway. I enjoyed it. It came with a few media functions that made programming more fun since it was pretty easy to make music or games. Plus it was a little less sphghettish than BASIC. There are tons of Logo interpreters and books for kids. I get the feeling it's geared exactly toward teaching children. Everyone loved the turtle. > I'm only 10% kidding lol I learned ASM as a kid (I've never become that great at it, but I get by). As a child, I had so few people around who knew anything about computers, nobody was there to say "that's too hard". I had a book that came with a timex 1500 my mom got at a garage sale. I just picked it up and started doing examples. -Swift
