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Locke1689 on Nov 26, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: What is the First Programming Language You Would T...

I taught myself Python at 9, C++ at 11, and Scheme at 13. The only languages on the list I've never used are Prolog and OCaml.

Go with Python. Unlike almost everything else you mentioned it's actually useful even if they don't like programming.

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