programming for children

[Gerrit Holl]

Aahz Maruch wrote on 949418426:
> In article <876emj$kco$1 at oak.fernuni-hagen.de>,
> Fritz Heinrichmeyer <fritz.heinrichmeyer at fernuni-hagen.de> wrote:
> >
> >My son is 11 years and wants to learn programming. He heared about java at
> >school (cool like nike or adidas ...) but in my opinion this is very hard
> >stuff for a beginner to bring anything to play.
> 
> Gerrit is 13 now, I think, and started learning Python a year ago.  He
> has since become a very helpful member of the Python community.

I was 13 a year ago indeed, you may calculate how old I am now yourself :)

If I had enough money with me 1 1/2 year ago, I would have bought
a book on Qbasic and probably wouldn't be writing this now (well,
I wouldn't be writing _this_ because it would be a lie :)

regards,
Gerrit.

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