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Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut... by Dolores12 on Monday August 01, 2016 @10:07AM (#12202444)
define kid

strong math knowledge needed to understand it. polish notation could be also confusing.

Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut... by panglott on Monday August 01, 2016 @10:42AM (#12202719)
I have always found polish notation simple because it is so consistent.

The problem seems like the problem with Clojure (instead of say Racket) would be the uninformative error messages.

Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut... by bshimmin on Monday August 01, 2016 @11:57AM (#12203423)
One problem is that kids, at least in the UK, are taught to say "one plus one" not "plus one one".
Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut... by panglott on Monday August 01, 2016 @12:05PM (#12203481)
Sure, but when I was new to Lisp, I mentally read it as "add one to one". The first element of the expression is a verb, not a preposition.

This might be good thing to discuss in a tutorial aimed at kids.

Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut... by viebel on Monday August 01, 2016 @02:37PM (#12204787)
My kids get very easily used to the lisp notation where the operator is always on first position