On 08 Nov 2010, at 17:36, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 11/08/2010 05:18 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: >> >> That is a good list, which also reminds me that I was going to pick >> one to put my eight year old on. Probably one that I also have not >> learned yet so that we can learn it together. Lisp could be fun to >> look at again, I have always wanted to get more into TCL, Ruby sounds >> interesting. Any suggestions for a very first language for a child? >> Maybe I will just drop C on him. > > When I was very young (single digits) I learned Logo. It was fun > because it was so interactive. Logo may yet still be useful for a > learning language. Python even has a turtle you can import that brings > some logo-like functionality to python. Certainly Python isn't that > hard for kids either (google snake wrangling for kids). > > Basically any language that has simple I/O (ie print and input of some > kind, no java-style object stuff), I think kids could really get into. > QuickBASIC was quite ideal for this back in the day because the IDE was > quite nice for the day and very interactive. >
Ah yes, I remember Logo back in Jr. High School. Good times. Thanks for the Python turtle idea. I will look into that. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
