R.Meijer wrote: > Jot <jot <at> nad.com> writes: > >> If she's really gifted i hope she dumps that obsolete monolithic >> kernel as soon as she realizes that such beautiful language as python >> shouldn't be used on top of ugly, badly designed software. > > Did somebody say off-topic?
I'd say it's a "Troll -1". Anyway, that'd be my moderator response over at Slashdot. As had been said so many times; GNU/Hurd is still a pipe-dream. Those who think that the Linux kernel is based on faulty concepts should really get their act together and produce their own microkernel. Personally, I don't care about the kernel architecture as long as I've got a system that works right here, now. > Anyway, I myself am 14 years old and I can make simple python scripts > already by learning it off the official tutorial that comes with it. > My tip: let her take her time with a normal adult tutorial, and give > her small assignments every few chapters just so she gets it. If I may ask, do you think that the "How to think like a Computer Scientist" is a good starter? I'm 52 years old and learned my basics with Swan's "Mastering Turbo Pascal 5.5" way back when, but I'm sincerely wondering what your generation think are hi-class tutorials. I've got a thirteen-year old daughter to whom I have recently taught the HTML basics, but she doesn't readily take to actual programming. If you've got any idea what I should push to her to get her fascinated about _real_ programming, I'd be obliged. Or maybe her head isn't screwed together that way, what do I know. -- Leif Biberg Kristensen http://solumslekt.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list