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systema
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Ask HN: How do I give my son a head start?
Certainly, Ruby is a fine first option. I'd recommend any Lisp derivative, or Javascript also.
I see no reason to learn Pascal, or BASIC, nor do I see its effectiveness.
steveklabnik
on Nov 2, 2010
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Absolutely. I wrote a post about "Why Ruby?" a little while ago, but almost all of the arguments apply equally well to Python.
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I see no reason to learn Pascal, or BASIC, nor do I see its effectiveness.