27 Jan
2011
27 Jan
'11
2:40 p.m.
Ye gods! A B & D [1] language for kids? At least give them a fighting chance [2] at becoming future developers.
Haskell's immutability is good for mathematics but doing anything else takes a great deal of up-front patience and perseverance, two very rare qualities in that demographic if my own childhood is any indication.
Begone, disbeliever! And listen to the gospel of Matthias Felleisen preaching the truth: http://vimeo.com/6631514 (presentation from ICFP 2009) The paper is "A Functional I/O System - or, Fun for Freshman Kids": http://www.ccs.neu.edu/scheme/pubs/icfp09-fffk.pdf Alas, it's about Scheme, but I am sure it would be both interesting and useful regardless. Cheers, /Niklas