Hello -- On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Jimmy Thrasher wrote: > Hi, > > I'm considering teaching a young person (13-year-old) how to program using > Ruby. Has anybody tried to do this? Are there any resources? I remember > when Python was new there were people discussing how they were teaching > their children how to program, so if any of you have done that, it would be > a great resource to me. Have a look at Pete McBreen's RubyConf presentation. He talked about that. Hmmm... I don't have the Web address handy, but Chad Fowler posted it here some time yesterday. Nor am I sure how much child- related material made it to the Web version, but have a look and see. David -- David Alan Black home: dblack / candle.superlink.net work: blackdav / shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav