This is interesting, but I strongly recommend reading Alan Kay's commentary on the study: http://secretgeek.net/camel_kay.asp http://secretgeek.net/camel_kay.a

This is interesting, but I strongly recommend reading Alan Kay's commentary on the study: http://secretgeek.net/camel_kay.asp http://secretgeek.net/camel_kay.asp In addition to his work on Smalltalk and OOP, Kay spent a major portion of his career on the problem of how to teach students to program.