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Euphoria and ABC are excellent introductory programming languages. Both are very simple, programs written in them are quite readable, and you can do useful things with them:

• Euphoria
• ABC.

Unless they're vaccinated, don't give them MUMPS; if you do find a nice Doctor (Like Dr. Pascal), 'cuz Pascal was fun for me in College.

If they like noises, Squeak is good, but the cogently verbiaged might prefer SmallTalk in a group. For those speech impaired, knowing there's other people who Lisp would be good.

The mean ones will abuse Snobol in Winter

The A.D.D. kids will probably like the feeling of Euphoria they get from their first

Of course, you could teach them a very nice language with a horrible name, Brainfuck.

Or, you could just look Here for a comparison of popular programming languages.

NOT claiming it's best, just prety good, and rather obscure. Well at least I like it.
Not even totaly shure it counts as a scripting language, interpreted yes, scripting I'll leave each person to judge for themselves.
It's called Euphoria. Runs under dos, windows, and Linux. And as you might guess from the url it runs pretty quick, and can be learned and written in fairly quick.
Data types are simple and flexible. It's also easy to create specific data types.
There are also converter programs that translate the code to equivalant C (forget wich flavor) for several compilesr including GCC.
It's only downside is that while you can get it free(beer), the source itself is currently closed.
However you can get the source if you pay for it, and the liscense that comes with the source seems halfway decent for it's type.
Anyway I thought I'd through that out in case someone else finds it useable. Give it a look, it's so easy to learn and code in while remaing fairly powerfull and flexible. There is also quite a sizeable base of free(both) user suplied code and programs it's worth checking out.

Mycroft

NOT claiming it's best, just prety good, and rather obscure. Well at least I like it.
Not even totaly shure it counts as a scripting language, interpreted yes, scripting I'll leave each person to judge for themselves.
It's called Euphoria. Runs under dos, windows, and Linux. And as you might guess from the url it runs pretty quick, and can be learned and written in fairly quick.
Data types are simple and flexible. It's also easy to create specific data types.
There are also converter programs that translate the code to equivalant C (forget wich flavor) for several compilesr including GCC.
It's only downside is that while you can get it free(beer), the source itself is currently closed.
However you can get the source if you pay for it, and the liscense that comes with the source seems halfway decent for it's type.
Anyway I thought I'd through that out in case someone else finds it useable. Give it a look, it's so easy to learn and code in while remaing fairly powerfull and flexible. There is also quite a sizeable base of free(both) user suplied code and programs it's worth checking out.

Mycroft

Euphoria Could be right up your alley, and it runs on Linux, FreeBSD, DOS and Windows. It's powerful, and simple.

Euphoria is a interpreted programming language that is simple, fast, and with a syntax that resembles something like Pascal without the anal-retentiveness and with a LOT of common sense. Has lots of features, is very fast for an interpreted language, and gives instant gratification. Works in DOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. The downside, though, is that the license is proprietary and AFAIK the interpreter, though very small, is binary-only.

If you like to see more, here's the FAQ.

• GameDev, and in particular the How do I make games? and Game Programmer's Beginners Guide
• for the hardcore out there, a Win32 Assembly Tetris Clone how-to guide, with full source code and commentary...
• A programming language called Euphoria which is so unlike "real" programming languages, that it might just be easy enough for a kid to pick up and learn in a couple of days... (I got into it a few years ago, well after I learnt to program)
• XBasic - a decent BASIC for graphics support... (Win32 graphics... I got it because it was a step up from QuickBASIC!) There's a linux version, and it's all GPL these days...

That's all I can find in a quick scan of my bookmarks from way back when...

Hi, Just say no to complex programming languages!! use Euphoria!! check its webpage: Euphoria

The author claimed that it wasn't a QBasic application, but the error messages when it crashes tell a different story.

The QBasic integrated editor was a real joy, and it's hard to find a good, lightweight equal. Python is too big, C++ lacks the "fun" factor...

Lua with the SciTE editor comes close, if only it had builtin help.

I only stopped using QBasic after repeatedly running into the 32K memory barrier. I moved to Euphoria, a nice interpreted language. I missed the QBasic editor that I ended up writing a clone for Euphoria.

Heck, QBasic left such a mark that I ended up writing a Basic interpreter of my own.

The author claimed that it wasn't a QBasic application, but the error messages when it crashes tell a different story.

The QBasic integrated editor was a real joy, and it's hard to find a good, lightweight equal. Python is too big, C++ lacks the "fun" factor...

Lua with the SciTE editor comes close, if only it had builtin help.

I only stopped using QBasic after repeatedly running into the 32K memory barrier. I moved to Euphoria, a nice interpreted language. I missed the QBasic editor that I ended up writing a clone for Euphoria.

Heck, QBasic left such a mark that I ended up writing a Basic interpreter of my own.

euphoria language
Learn to have fun coding again . Fastest interperated language and has a C translator. Very cool.

Sun Microsystems made claims of an incredible language that just weren't true. They claimed the language would be revolutionary and that software written for it could work everywhere. Partially true but no one wants a slow computer either. The whole reason people buy new computers is for speed.

Java is not liked nor used by everyone. No one wants it on their computer. No one wants large apps written in java.

Don't be part of the herd mentality. Just because Sun or Microsoft tells you to use their software doesn't mean you have to use it.

Try these languages if you don't like java.
modula-3
squeak
netrexx
rexx
euphoria
python
xbasic.org
tcl/tk

squeak
netrexx
rexx
euphoria
python
xbasic.org
tcl/tk

EUPHORIA

Hi,
Why dont use Euphoria?
Since the basic structure of Euphoria is the sequence, then it would be the best option for
DNA sequencing :-)
And it beats Perl in speed!
check:
www.rapideuphoria.com

But almost as quickly as webrings became popular, they (for the most part) vanished once again. I think there are three major reasons for this:

1. Most webrings were poorly maintained, at best, and filled with broken links.
2. Sites like Google, the Netscape "What's Related" menu, etc. made webrings obsolete. Why bother with a webring when your favorite search engine had a feature to show you related pages, and most browsers had this built in?
3. Why the hell do we need 50 Linux webrings?! "Linux Users," "Linux Lovers," "The *Official* Linux Webring," "The Unofficial Linux Webring" ... sheesh!

Those reasons and a myriad of lesser ones are what contributed to the death of webrings, if you ask me. Kind of a shame, but honestly I (as a web surfer and as a webmaster) never found much use for webrings beyond the fact that it was kinda cool to be part of a "group."