Good points, didn't know about New Math, but the failure is very insightful. I'm not sure if perhaps there should be a distinction between operational abstract

Good points, didn't know about New Math, but the failure is very insightful. I'm not sure if perhaps there should be a distinction between operational abstractions vs logical abstractions. Scripting seems sit in a strange middle ground. Scripting languages tend to be very high level, but are often very approachable for beginners, e.g. Logo