Is scratch a dead-end language? It's not used for anything production grade, and it can't be modified in vi because it requires a gui of all things! Yet millio

Is scratch a dead-end language? It's not used for anything production grade, and it can't be modified in vi because it requires a gui of all things! Yet millions of children (and adults) learn about programming through scratch and create amazing things. It is not a dead-end language.