Re: [MLUG] good intro to programming for a teenager?

[John Engelbrecht <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I've heard that python can be a Bitch to learn.
I havent tried Phthon myself, but a Gentoo developer
from Missouri doesnt like it.

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Mark Rages wrote:

> On 8/7/05, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > I must admit that I would also like a good language to teach my son when
> > he gets a bit older.  Everything that is out there right now that I know
> > of just seems that little bit too complicated to start with.  Maybe PHP
> > is a good place to start, but I know nothing about it except people say
> > it is easy.
> >
> > Stephen
>
> Please not PHP.  Teach him Perl or something.
>
> Python began as a teaching language.  I would recommend it as the new
> BASIC. It teaches pretty good habits, and you can build large systems
> with it.  It's quite easy to get started in -- there's an interactive
> command interpreter, like the BASIC systems of old.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
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