I agree wholeheartedly. I do not consider myself a programmer, but I have
been able to accomplish amazing things with REBOL as a scripting
language.
My background is in English and technical writing and REBOL appeals to
me because it reads like a language (albeit the object-verb relationships are
more like German than English.)
When I first dabbled in programming it was with Applesoft BASIC which also
follows spoken language logic to an extent. I later dabbled in Pascal, which
was also clever, but then I didn't touch a language for 15 years (am I that
old?) mainly because I followed the Macintosh path and abandoned the
command line.
Anyways, the BeOS (and its command line) and REBOL are what brought
me back in to the fold and let me feel like I CAN program again. I looked at
C, C++, and Perl and I could never love those languages enough to want to
learn them. I love REBOL, I truly do. Great things are in store for this
language because it is accessible to even non-programmers like myself.
YES. Teach REBOL to high school kids because it will give them the
confidence they will need to pursue IT careers. It will make them enjoy using
their algebra and logic skills.
Just don't give them administrator rights to the school's computers.
8-)
-Ryan
> Hi:
> >What do high school students need a manual for?
> >Don't they know everthing ??
> I used to be one -- over 30 years ago and I didn't
> have that attitude. I've raised 2 who didn't.
>
> And more to the point: I strongly believe that rebol is
> about the best candidate for a first teaching language
> of any programming language. That's why I'm buiding
> a class with it as the source. Also, I don't have to
> worry about them "unlearning" C, like I have had to
> do.
>
> Get 'em while they're young, and this time we're not
> talking about cigarettes and sode pop.
>
> Also, I've noted that from some of Carl's emails that he
> has a writing style that would really appeal to high
> schoolers.
> -Tim
>
