OFF-TOPIC:: Why Lisp is not my favorite programming language

[Russell Wallace]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 04:03:09 GMT, "Bootstrap Bill"
<wrcousert at yahoo.com> wrote:

>I was 15 when I got my first computer, a 4k TRS-80 Model I with Level I
>BASIC, cassette tape for storage. It was several years before I could afford
>a system with a floppy drive, let alone a hard drive.. I spent nearly all my
>free time for months teaching myself BASIC programing, mostly trial and
>error. The book that came with my Model I was a great introduction to
>programming.

Those were the days ^.^

>My 13 year old niece wants to learn programming. What's the best
>introductory language for her?

I'd recommend Python as a good introductory language - easy,
intuitive, but definitely not dumbed down.

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