Re: Programming languages for the very young

From: Mark A. Washburn (Reply7471859353_at_wmconnect.com)
Date: 01/27/04 

Date: 27 Jan 2004 04:11:36 -0800

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Feuer <feuer@his.com> wrote in message news:<40160648.97B3E5B1@his.com>...
> Yoyoma_2 wrote:
>
> > So my vote is something like LOGO for the very young (maby until like
> > grade 3 or 4) then VB until 11th grade then dwell in c++ or java since
> > they have the cognitive abilities to do the complex desings needed for
> > those languages.
>
> Ugh. Logo's OK, but VB? C++? Java? No. Some Schemish language
> seems best for children K-12, with some branching out into assembly,
> C, Postscript, and/or ML.
>
> David

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