Definitely. HN probably doesn't think about it much, but go to high school hackathons or take a look at Github -- there are a bunch of teenagers around who have

Definitely. HN probably doesn't think about it much, but go to high school hackathons or take a look at Github -- there are a bunch of teenagers around who have learned pretty incredible amounts of programming. Here's an example of one who learner C and wrote his own kernel, among other things: https://github.com/GruntTheDivine?tab=repositories https://github.com/GruntTheDivine?tab=repositories