Some very good points, especially on where Clojure sits. I had years of Java before I tried Clojure so probably gave that little thought at the time. You're ri

Some very good points, especially on where Clojure sits. I had years of Java before I tried Clojure so probably gave that little thought at the time. You're right it's probably best to build on what he has. The logic for change was how especially common poor quality info seems to be for PHP. I've seen good code, and even written some, in it too. I've got a decent set of resources to point him at to build on Python now, so I should find some for php. I'm sure they do exist, great tutorials have come to be for just about everything now. We just have to keep him away from w3schools and similar crap. :) I'm inclined to give him decent resources for both php and python and go with whichever resonates. He'll soon enough develop his own opinions! Thanks a lot for your thoughts. Very useful.