[plug] [why not staroffice]

[The Thought Assassin]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Leon Brooks wrote:
> Mike from West Australia wrote:
> > To 'start' and teach programming and learn structure for neophytes,
> > one would consider Ada, Pascal etc
> > Yes I did put my flame suit on with SPF-500 too ;-)
> Pascal's fine (if limited) - Oberon would be a better Pascalish choice
I think a first language should be internally consistent and sanely-typed,
which rules out Pascal. In fact, I have a list of criteria for first
languages that rules out every language in existence. :)
Possibly python comes closest, but I don't know enough of it to say.

-Greg