My son wants me to teach him Python

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On Jun 13, 9:50 pm, Tomasz Rola <rto... at ceti.pl> wrote:
> I've reposted on another list and got this reply. At first I was sceptic
> a bit, but for the sake of completeness, here goes. Processing language
> seems to be interesting in its own right. Examples are Java-flavoured,
> images are ok.
>
> Regards,
> Tomasz Rola
>
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> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:55:11 +0200
> From: Eugen Leitl <eu... at leitl.org>
> To:  <i... at postbiota.org>
> Subject: Re: [info] (comp.lang.python) Re: My son wants me to teach him Python
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 04:48:52PM +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote:
>
> > No. Definitely not. Programming does NOT begin with a GUI. It begins with
> > something *simple*, so you're not stuck fiddling around with the
> > unnecessary. On today's computers, that usually means console I/O
> > (actually console output, with console input coming along much later).
>
> Of course kids are more interesting in things painted on
> screen, especially if they are colorful, move and make
> sounds at that. The next step would be a simple,
> interactive game.
>
> Which is why I would synthesize something neat yet
> simple fromhttp://processing.org/tutorials/
>
> Python is overkill for a kid. Ugh. Some people have just
> no common sense at all.

All kids can be fit into the stereotype -- 'kid'??

I can tell you after 25 years teaching programming --
Some kids will take to FP, others will not
Some will take to C, some wont
Some will take to C AND C++, some will take to only one
The majority are ok with python, some hate it

One of my long term projects is to take a type classification like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator
and see how it maps to a person's potential as a programmer