Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:59:44 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Rob <europax@home.com>, "freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do you get kids interested in computers- other than play Message-ID: <15021.39728.193728.726045@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <200103130320.f2D3KCe08320@grumpy.dyndns.org> References: <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <XFMail.010313105330.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200103130320.f2D3KCe08320@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> types: > "Daniel O'Connor" writes: > > You could just install Python for Windows and see if he plays with that, > On an iMac? :-) What - you mean an iMac won't run Windows software? Good for it! Guess you should install the Mac version, then. <URL: http://www.python.org/download/download_mac.html > Actually, I've been pretty impressed with the Python+tkInter stuff. I write code on FreeBSD, and give it to people to run on Windows or the Mac, and it just works - with the exception of the one time I needed select(), which Windows doesn't do. They force programmers to use a more error-prone approach. In my experience, people (as opposed to geeks) start fooling with computers because 1) Someone with authority makes them, or 2) there's something useful they want it to do. Since I assume #1 is out, you might look at what gets done away from the computer, and point out how the computer could help with that somehow. If you really want them to start programming, or scripting, write the appropriate tool yourself (in Python on your FreeBSD box, of course), and let him know you wrote it. Add the first change request. *Help* him add the second one. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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