John Maindonald wrote: > ... > >(4) When should students start learning R? > >[Students should get their first exposure to a high-level programming >language, in the style of R then Python or Octave, at age 11-14. >There are now good alternatives to the former use of Fortran or >Pascal, languages which have for good reason dropped out of favour >for learning experience. They should start on R while their minds are >still malleable, and long before they need it for serious research use.] > >
I think 11-14 years old might better be halved. Kids are playing very complicated video games barely after they learn to walk. R is a quite reasonable programming language for children. You don't need to worry about low-level issues, and it is easy to produce graphics with it. Patrick Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
