Starting with Ruby is an interesting way to learn programming. I started with LOGO. I made that turtle DANCE! ;) Okay, well, maybe not. But it did give me a

Starting with Ruby is an interesting way to learn programming. I started with LOGO. I made that turtle DANCE! ;) Okay, well, maybe not. But it did give me a solid foundation that the computer is a robot that follows the commands. I fear that languages with too many features (objects? classes? blocks!?!?) confuse the heck out of the new programmer. My main objection to learning high-level languages first (or low level languages for that matter,) is that effectively debugging the language requires understanding concepts that are beyond your zone of proximal development.