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Re:Lisping at JPL (2002) by SomeHacker44 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:17PM (#22087697)
I did teach my son Racket at age 8, as his first programming language. He was able to make a number guessing game in it. I think we used "Realm of Racket," but I don't recall, as it was some years ago. He's now midway through high school and not a single course at his STEM middle school or high school has come close to teaching him as much as he learned at age 8.
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Re:Lisping at JPL (2002) by gowld on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:49PM (#22087935)
That difference is more because classes are designed to be extremely slow and low paced so the worst student can pass. Learning anything with a personal tutor is much more efficient.
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