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I think you need to start teaching programming to kids in grade school( like grades 5 to 8 ). That is the age where they are inquisitive and very innovative, and it will put it into their young minds that programming is fun. Of course, Perl should be used, to make it easy for them. :-)

I think the real problem with this plan, is finding teachers who can really teach programming. Most of them, nowadays, are "MS windows numb-skulls"

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by hardburn (Abbot) on Aug 03, 2004 at 19:15 UTC

    Of course, Perl should be used, to make it easy for them.

    Perl makes a rather poor first language. Python or Ruby would be much better. Or better still, use LOGO--it was designed specifically for teaching kids to program.

    "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

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