I started with the Apple II and TRS-80s. Both allowed for simple text interaction and immediate feedback.
I'd probably look at Python or Ruby today for similar reasons. I especially like Heroku for deployment free Ruby development. I'm also very interested in some of the educationally-oriented Smalltalk distributions. Chris Hunter On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Ryan Joy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I posed the following question to Twitter earlier and thought I'd > probably get some great responses from here as well: > > "Did you start tinkering w/ programming as a child? If so, how? > Which programs? What are the best options for aspiring children > today?" > http://twitter.com/atxryan/status/1389232099 > > Personally, I first tinkered with BASIC programs in MS DOS when I was > in middle school and then got into C++ in junior high. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
