I think she'll find the Java language is probably the most in-between of all.
It's relatively clean with very few machine-specific details and has a nice structure.
The other thing to consider is teaching her data-flow diagrams and an overview of objects...
There are many things our forefathers in computing such as Dennis Ritchie and Donald Knuth might not understand if they were frozen in carbonite and woke up in 2004...but this they would not only understand but would be damned proud!
Hmmm... funny that....
I hated DOOM with a passion when it came out...still have a dislike for 3D shooters (Duke Nuk'em being the exception and the Rainbow Six series not being considered "3D Shooters" on the grounds that it's not mindless nonsense).
Amiga? You mean like that old thing I used to play "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" the original computer game on?!? 15 years ago?!?
Seriously - what's the deal with Amiga? Why is there even a post on slashdot about this? (Better yet why did I click the link?)
Then again I've heard some rant that DOS was the best OS(?) ever...maybe it can get together with AmigaOS and OS/2 to form a sort of wash-up band that travels the world performing parlour tricks...
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I think she'll find the Java language is probably the most in-between of all. It's relatively clean with very few machine-specific details and has a nice structure. The other thing to consider is teaching her data-flow diagrams and an overview of objects...
This story is perhaps the most pure example of "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
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There are many things our forefathers in computing such as Dennis Ritchie and Donald Knuth might not understand if they were frozen in carbonite and woke up in 2004...but this they would not only understand but would be damned proud!
Hmmm... funny that.... I hated DOOM with a passion when it came out...still have a dislike for 3D shooters (Duke Nuk'em being the exception and the Rainbow Six series not being considered "3D Shooters" on the grounds that it's not mindless nonsense).
Amiga? You mean like that old thing I used to play "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" the original computer game on?!? 15 years ago?!? Seriously - what's the deal with Amiga? Why is there even a post on slashdot about this? (Better yet why did I click the link?) Then again I've heard some rant that DOS was the best OS(?) ever...maybe it can get together with AmigaOS and OS/2 to form a sort of wash-up band that travels the world performing parlour tricks...