[Gllug] Logo as a first language

[David Damerell]

On Thursday, 3 Mar 2005, John Southern wrote:
>Also what would be the idea programming language you would learn if
>you had to start all over again today?

Perl. It's easy to start on, and I've had more joy out of Perl than
out of any other language.

However, I think those of us who grew up in the 8-bit days had a
fairly fundamental advantage; simple screen output, both screen-mode
text and graphical.

Yes, there are reasons why it's more complex now - but nevertheless, I
think there's no equivalent to the, say, BBC BASIC situation where the
equivalent of ncurses - stick these letters in these colours here on
the screen - is one of the very first things you learn.

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