I've been programming for nearly 30 years. I can use PHP to easily teach 7-10 year-olds simple concepts such as variables, loops, etc. in a very easy to underst

I've been programming for nearly 30 years. I can use PHP to easily teach 7-10 year-olds simple concepts such as variables, loops, etc. in a very easy to understand and easy to implement way. I can spark an interest in programming that can lead to further learning opportunities. PHP is a perfect tool for that in my mind. There. That's my justification. Once someone learns one language...ANY language, including Basic which you hate as well, but which I learned first on the Commodore 64 and was not irreparably damaged from...one can easily pick up another. I picked up python in a day, ruby in a day. Let's be serious. I don't need to have an interactive graphic session to get immediate instant feedback for 7 year old children. I don't need a text terminal to get useful results and feedback for seven year old children. I don't need to discuss object-oriented principles for 7 year old children. I need pretty pictures, possibly comic in nature, and an easy programming language. I choose PHP. I'm not trying to churn out 7-year old computer scientists and I don't think you understand that. You don't like PHP...yippity do. As I said before, if you don't like it, shut up and write your own childrens book using whatever language you want. Nothing you say will stop me from writing this book. So keep talking if you like, but I'm done interacting with you.