Re: Programming languages for the very young

From: Jonathan Bartlett (johnnyb_at_eskimo.com)
Date: 01/13/04 

Date: 13 Jan 2004 14:23:12 -0800

Joe Marshall <jrm@ccs.neu.edu> wrote in message news:<k73vrhkg.fsf@ccs.neu.edu>...
> Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz@cern.ch> writes:
>
> > Joe Marshall <prunesquallor@comcast.net> writes:
> >
> >> This is the primary reason I don't teach it to my kids.
> >
> > So, what _did_ you teach your kids ?
>
> We've dabbled in Scheme and Lisp, but I still haven't found something
> that I really like. Scheme and Lisp are seem too abstract.
>

You might try teaching them assembly language. I'm working on a book
to teach assembly language as a first language. That may seem like
heresy here, but really I think it's good to learn how the machine
actually works. My book is GFDL, and can be accessed at
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pgubook/ The current PDF is at
http://www.eskimo.com/~johnnyb/ProgrammingGroundUp.pdf

Let me know if you're interested, and what you think of the book if
you decide to download it. I plan on having a final version (well,
first edition) available at the end of the month, and will sell it
online at http://www.bartlettpublishing.com/

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