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SDENARO@vm.poly.edu writes:
>
> I have never heard of scheme or Oberon. I don't like LISP or BASIC.
> And, lest we forget, this is for an 11 year old. LISP is not easy. I
> have yet to meet an 11 year old AI researcher.

(Pardon this digression from pure Logo discussion.)  

Nonsense.  Lisp is easy to learn.  A person can learn a small and
useful subset of most Lisp dialects (e.g., Scheme) in an hour or two.
I'm talking about non-programmers.  The primary advantage is Lisp's
lack of syntax.  Everything's an atom or a list.  The rules for
evaluation are simple.  Most Lisps provide an interactive environment
where getting useful feedback is easy.

> I think Pascal is a nice language. It is easy to learn; and, if
> nothing else, It show that everyone must put up with stupid rules in
> order to get a job done.

These statements seem contradictory to me.  Pascal isn't that easy to
learn because "everyone must put up with stupid rules in order to get
the job done" (IMHO).  Many institutions of higher learning have
realized this and are switching to Scheme as the first programming
language taught to incoming students.

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Brent Benson                     brent@ssd.csd.harris.com
Systems Software Development
Harris Computer Systems