Most languages can all do the same thing. It is more about the teacher and the presentation for a beginner, than it is the language IMHO. One can set up lots of interesting functions in any language, and start teaching the language with that. Having said that, interpretive, interactive languages are usually easier to demo and teach than compiled ones. Also, The level of abstraction has some bearing on the ease of use, as does conciseness and consistency.
Of all the language attributes, I believe consistency is the most important for a beginning language. The fewer aberrations the newbie has to remember, the better. J has an excellent record in this area. Skip Cave On 7/22/2010 4:30 PM, PackRat wrote: > Came across this on another list. J seems to fit the bill: > > http://blog.borud.no/2010/07/programming-languages-for-beginners.html > > What do you think? > > > Harvey > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
