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From: RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Why Johnny can?t code
Date: 2 Sep 2014 18:24:45 GMT
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On 2014-09-02, Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
> HGR:FOR I=0 TO 1 STEP 0:HCOLOR=RND(1)*8:HPLOT RND(1)*280,RND(1)*160 TO 
> RND(1)*280,RND(1)*160:NEXT I
>
> and get something right away.  The only other possibly interactive
> programming language with graphics capability that comes to mind is
> PostScript, but that's about all that it does.

If you tried to teach kids postscript they'd change disciplines and go
study anthropology or gender studies or something, or maybe slit their
wrists.  Postscript isn't fun.  TeX isn't either.

I learned Pascal and FORTRAN-77 back in the day.  Why can't those be
taught?  Pascal was pretty darned simple.