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The Little Coder's Predicament

Posted by timothy on from the 10-goto-20-20-goto-10 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's an interesting article on Advogato about the world of computing that kids today find themselves in compared to the world that kids in the 80's found themselves in. Learning to program in the 80's was simpler because the machines were more limited, and generally came with BASIC. Now we have Windows, which typically comes with no built-in programming language. What can be done to improve the situation?"

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  1. Java by jhines · · Score: 2, Troll

    Download, install, and run. Read the tutorials on Sun's site.

    If a kid can't do that, then programming isn't for them.

  2. Buy a God Damn Mac! by Microsift · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, you won't have to fool around with that all-important second/third mouse button, and you'll get free development tools to boot!

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    My other sig is extremely clever...