On 08 Nov 2010, at 16:27, Charles Curley wrote: > Learning to Program > > I got a query from a new Linux user who wants to learn computer > programming. Linux is an excellent choice for this, because there are a > huge number of programming languages available for it....and all free. > The risk is in becoming overwhelmed by the choices available. > > There's a good chance that your Linux PC will have most of the > following already installed. If not, they should be available from your > repository. (Links are to Wikipedia.) > > http://www.goodbyemicrosoft.net/news.php?item.608.2 > > Apropos the recent discussion. >
That is a good list, which also reminds me that I was going to pick one to put my eight year old on. Probably one that I also have not learned yet so that we can learn it together. Lisp could be fun to look at again, I have always wanted to get more into TCL, Ruby sounds interesting. Any suggestions for a very first language for a child? Maybe I will just drop C on him. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
