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Why Johnny can't code
BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming.
By David Brin [2006-09-14]

  • Foolish Nostalgia

    I learned programming toggling levers on a PDP8 to manually turn each bit on or off, 0 or 1. I could say the same about that experience being more valuable than basic. Or assembly or anything else.

    This is just foolish nostalgia.

    If you want a language that is almost universally available and simple, then look at javascript or PHP.

    -- Kathygnome
    Thursday, September 14, 2006 06:10 AM
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