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JS will probably mess up my kid's mind as much as ruby. My choices for intro programming language would probably be Haskell and Coffeescript - both has a simpl
by kailuowang 11y ago
JS will probably mess up my kid's mind as much as ruby.
My choices for intro programming language would probably be Haskell and Coffeescript - both has a simple but coherent set of concepts and a straightforward syntax designed around those concepts.
- fokinsean 11y ago> Haskell seriously? I had a semi difficult time understanding FP a year and a half into my CS degree
- dragonwriter 11y agoI think Haskell -- and FP in general -- is probably easier as an intro to programming than it is for people to pick up after they've been conditioned by imperative programming. Though I wouldn't use Haskell for kids; I don't think the tooling, resources, and compiler error messages are great for that.