> Some other points: The wide variety of programming languages is good, but the list you provided is noticeably lacking C (the most widely used language) or any

> Some other points: The wide variety of programming languages is good, but the list you provided is noticeably lacking C (the most widely used language) or any systems language. Er, perhaps I'm being thick, but doesn't Ubuntu ship with a C compiler anyway? All three provided editors have C modes. It's there if you want it, or if somebody wants to teach it. Besides which, you seem to have just completely missed the point of the whole enterprise. It's a machine for primary/elementary education in coding, not university level CS101. The first language mentioned is Scratch, for crying out loud. No, systems programming is not relevant for this particular use case. When you get all sniffy about "script kiddies" and "silly kiddie games", does it enter your head that you're talking about 10 year olds? There'll be plenty of time for pointer arithmetic and kernel patches later.