> Ye gods! A B & D [1] language for kids? At least give them a fighting > chance [2] at becoming future developers. > > Haskell's immutability is good for mathematics but doing anything else > takes a great deal of up-front patience and perseverance, two very > rare qualities in that demographic if my own childhood is any > indication.
Begone, disbeliever! And listen to the gospel of Matthias Felleisen preaching the truth: http://vimeo.com/6631514 (presentation from ICFP 2009) The paper is "A Functional I/O System - or, Fun for Freshman Kids": http://www.ccs.neu.edu/scheme/pubs/icfp09-fffk.pdf Alas, it's about Scheme, but I am sure it would be both interesting and useful regardless. Cheers, /Niklas _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe