From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-10 14:38:16 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!grolier!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pogner.demon.co.uk!zap!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? Date: 09 May 2001 06:32:02 +0100 Organization: CodeFella Message-ID: References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 989530317 nnrp-02:9786 NO-IDENT pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 May 2001 05:32:04 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7516 comp.lang.lisp:9992 comp.lang.smalltalk:9707 comp.lang.functional:5642 comp.lang.scheme:3790 comp.lang.perl:2794 Date: 2001-05-09T05:32:04+00:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" writes: > My advice for a first programming language would be Ada (for a lot > of reasons besides being my favorite language :-) followed by Pascal > & maybe Modula-2. Save the other stuff until the students have > progressed a little. All very heavy, what about Logo? (after all, it was designed for beginners). -S (tongue _not_ in cheek)