[vox] ISO: Good programming language to teach an 8yr old

[Ken Bloom]

On 2004.03.19 11:25, Ken Herron wrote:
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> --On Friday, March 19, 2004 10:19:19 -0800 Bill Kendrick <nbs@sonic.net>  
> wrote:
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>> Today, I've been asked to tutor a very smart (but currently far
>> too Windows-saavy for his and his parents' own good) 8 year old kid.
> 
> Java is another possibility. The language itself is pretty clean (though  
> it virtually forces you to learn OO concepts) and java code is generally  
> easy to read. High-quality documentation and tutorials are available from  
> sun, and there are good IDEs like eclipse that make it simple to write  
> code that works correctly the first time.
>

The IDEs are all bloated.