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before starting my studies of computer science I hadn't programmed one line of code. actually, this helped me learning Miranda (Haskell) while the other students, used to C, needed some time to learn how a functional language works.
for me it was just mathematics saved as a computer program.
I studied computer science because I was good in maths and because I could handle a computer and its pitfalls very well.

as the others said: ask your son, don't force him. he might want to do something he later doesn't any more, but you can't be sure either if your decision is right or wrong.

if my dad had tried to convince me to program, I probably wouldn't program now.

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Re^2: How do I get my teenager interested in software development?
by talexb (Chancellor) on Aug 23, 2006 at 16:07 UTC
      if my dad had tried to convince me to program, I probably wouldn't program now.

    Yeah, and I can relate to that, because my Dad tried to get me into programming when I was younger than my step-son is now, and I wasn't sure it was something I wanted to do. However, I did do a little tinkering, and once the gang I hung out with started to get into it as well, that's when I really got interested in it.

    Maybe he'll get into a group that does programming and we'll go from there. Thanks for the feedback.

    Alex / talexb / Toronto

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