What killed Smalltalk could kill Python

[Paul Rubin]

Mario Figueiredo <marfig at gmail.com> writes:
> "I want to become a programmer so I can make games" is, on the vast 
> majority of cases, the quote of someone who will never become a 
> programmer. Why should teachers reward that kind of thought?  

I don't see what the problem is.  Kids are interested in games and they
are into playing them, so of course they also want to program them.