> And BASIC is great, but as soon as the kid grasps the concepts, move him to > Perl or Python ASAP. Basic -> Perl is very easy, heck you can even use line > numbers if you want..
I don't claim to be Larry Wall himself (having had lunch with him a number of times, he has too many dietary restrictions), but this is news to me. How do you figure? % cat > perl.test print "hello\n"; % perl perl.test hello % cat > perl.test 10 print"hello\n"; % perl perl.test syntax error at perl.test line 1, near "10 print" Execution of perl.test aborted due to compilation errors. % cat > perl.test 10: print"hello\n"; % perl perl.test syntax error at perl.test line 1, near "10:" Execution of perl.test aborted due to compilation errors. % perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for aix-thread-multi [...] -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- Obscenity is the last refuge of a weak mind. -- Bonnie Fortney -------------
