Good Starter Language? (was Re: REALBasic and OpenAL)

[Brig C. McCoy]

I always get in trouble when people ask me what computer class their kid
should take... I always tell them the kid should learn to type first... 
...brig

On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 11:39 -0800, Leo Mauler wrote:
> If not BASIC, then what would be the programming
> language of choice for the beginner?
> 
> Ideas accepted from all.
> 
> --- "D. Hageman" <dhageman at dracken.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I know a couple of weeks ago I posted a message
> > recommended a person not learn REALBasic for 
> > their first language.  I still believe in this 
> > very much, but we do apparently have a couple 
> > of people on this list that work with REALBasic.  
> 
> .
> 
> 
> And I always thought: the very simplest words
> Must be enough. When I say what things are like
> Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds.
> That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself
> Surely you see that.
> 
>   -- Bertolt Brecht
> 
> 
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