Back when I was kid, I chose Flash programming over C++. It was just more fun, with results that you could show off to your friends. I didn't care how things wo

Back when I was kid, I chose Flash programming over C++. It was just more fun, with results that you could show off to your friends. I didn't care how things work, I just wanted to build stuff. Once I started building tiny little games, I automatically started to learn how things work and developed interest in the science behind it, be it maths, physics or computer science itself. Today, I would suggest Racket's big-bang. [1] http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/part_one.html#%28part._.Interactive_.Programs%29 http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/part_one.html#%2...