in reply to Teaching Perl to Children

This is an odd answer, but just provide the Camel book to him and leave him alone. If he's looking for projects, have him solve his homework problems using Perl. He'll come and ask you questions as he runs across them.

This is how I plan on teaching my son, once I have a free computer to put in his room.

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