On Fri, 27 May 2016, Jay West wrote:
I suggest instead... "BASIC is great, but as soon
as the kid grasps the
concepts, move him to assembly language ASAP."
I learned a language called "Logo" first. It was taught by volunteer
instructors at a local community center. I was 7, and the minimum age was
supposed to be 10, but they let me in anyway. I enjoyed it. It came with a
few media functions that made programming more fun since it was pretty
easy to make music or games. Plus it was a little less sphghettish than
BASIC. There are tons of Logo interpreters and books for kids. I get the
feeling it's geared exactly toward teaching children. Everyone loved the
turtle.
I'm only 10% kidding lol
I learned ASM as a kid (I've never become that great at it, but I get by).
As a child, I had so few people around who knew anything about computers,
nobody was there to say "that's too hard". I had a book that came with a
timex 1500 my mom got at a garage sale. I just picked it up and started
doing examples.
-Swift