Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 18:46:01 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Teaching a child to program in C
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On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> In addition to LOGO, for the youngster do you object to my idea of
> line-numbered BASIC as being of value?

IMHO, every language can teach something.  But Basic is not much easier
than C or Pascal, and like C, it maintains the distinction between code
and data, which I think causes youngsters to be brainwashed into thinking
that that's how things really are.  LOGO is free from these problems.  It
is IMHO much easier to go from LOGO to C or Pascal than the other way
around.