> The "education" purpose is also out of touch too. If I wanted to teach my kid how to program I would teach him python. It's not that hard. It's not just abou

> The "education" purpose is also out of touch too. If I wanted to teach my kid how to program I would teach him python. It's not that hard. It's not just about learning to program. Building systems with these blocks trains problem solving and abstract thinking skills, which are also helpful in many areas outside of software development or mathematics. That's part of the reason why schools and universities have students lern mathematics even if they're not going to use those exact mechanics later in their profession. And such a gamification helps catching their interest where raw code might just scare them away.