in reply to Re: How to abate the Ubiquitous Fear of Programming
in thread How to abate the Ubiquitous Fear of Programming

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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