> > > Now children are pampered with high-technology computers that they only ever use for playing games or chatting on the net. They wouldn't know a programming language if it bit them.
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> > In some cases it's even worse than that. Some years back I read a feature in our local paper about how parents are encouraging their kids to become computer-savvy. One mother said that she wanted her son to learn how to use a computer - so she bought him a Nintendo.
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> > I wonder how much programming the kid can do.
> >
> > ^v^:)^v^
> > F"the worst BASIC could ever do was POKE you"B
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> And what exactly does knowing how to program have to do with being computer-savvy?
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> Kel"programmers and their ivory towers ;)"ly

At my old school (which was private), we were required to learn a programming language, and we didn't have a choice - it was chosen for us. Therefore, we ended up learning Pascal. Yes, a very old, antiquated programming language. It was fun, though, I guess... And the kids from 5th grade and below are required to know PC Logo, which isn't exactly a programming language (from when we learned it), but apparently it is. I've been trying to learn other programming languages, but I haven't found either the time or people to teach me (even though my dad's a computer engineer). The point of this is, I'm under 20 and while I know how to program, the "two" languages I know how to program are hardly ever used anymore. Therefore, I think that there's a difference between knowing how to program and knowing how to work a computer. Two very different things, considering that it depends on whether or not you actually have the equipment to learn either.

Crystal"did that make ANY sense whatsoever?"109