27 May
2016
27 May
'16
1:57 p.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Cisin
Sent: 27 May 2016 21:44
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
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Subject: RE: Need Rec: Book to teach about computers
and BASIC at an eight
year old level
Those who write APL programs ae sadists, and those who like fixing them when
they go wrong are masochists....
... Though I believe Iverson wanted to call it "The Programming
Language"....
...
Drlegendre wrote...
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And BASIC is great, but as soon as the kid grasps the concepts, move
him to Perl or Python ASAP.
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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."
*grin*
I'm only 10% kidding lol
I agree with either.
and APL is fun!
Have you considered David Lien's book?
One version of it came bundled with the TRS80.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com