Having more options means you have to figure out what choose. That doesn't make it easier, that makes it's harder. It's also important that there be a lot of r

Having more options means you have to figure out what choose. That doesn't make it easier, that makes it's harder. It's also important that there be a lot of reference materials which would be easy for a kid to teach him/herself with. For example: http://www.scribd.com/doc/200861/A-Touch-of-Applesoft-BASIC-1986AppleIIc-IIe-IIGS http://www.scribd.com/doc/200861/A-Touch-of-Applesoft-BASIC-... This was the book I read when I was 10 years old. It was also easy to find BASIC code at the school library and in computer magazines. How many current general computer magazines still publish useful bits of code ("How to access your mouse from Apple Basic", etc) ?