> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin > Sent: 27 May 2016 21:44 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Need Rec: Book to teach about computers and BASIC at an eight > year old level > > > Drlegendre wrote... > > ----- > > And BASIC is great, but as soon as the kid grasps the concepts, move > > him to Perl or Python ASAP. > > ----- > > 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." > > *grin* > > I'm only 10% kidding lol > > I agree with either. > > and APL is fun!
Those who write APL programs ae sadists, and those who like fixing them when they go wrong are masochists.... ... Though I believe Iverson wanted to call it "The Programming Language".... ... > > > Have you considered David Lien's book? > One version of it came bundled with the TRS80. > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred [email protected]
