I really, really like this list. I've been wondering for the last year what the "optimal" problem is to learn at least the syntax of a language. After learning

I really, really like this list. I've been wondering for the last year what the "optimal" problem is to learn at least the syntax of a language. After learning to run something, how to print to the console, I like using heapsort to start learning syntax of a new language, then reading/writing to a file, then building a small TodoList server.