"Easy to use"

[Judy Perry]

I suppose it depends upon the audience you are targetting.

Variables shouldn't be a mystery for anyone who's had 7th grade
algebra.  Thus, yes, an 11 y.o. might well need a bit of on-the-side
counseling, but a 13 or 14 y.o. theoretically should, with perhaps a
little support work, grasp the concept.  And, again, here would be the
ideal opportunity to include little, *meaningful,* proof-of-concept
stacks to use, reuse, and educate (I must admit I've not had the time
yet to d/l 2.8, so maybe they're in there, after all).

Rev's claim seems fair enough when compared with just about anything
else that is comparable (in terms of what can be created with the
language), no?

As for 'anyone who hasn't used computers before,' well, I suspect that
they're also not out there looking on the internet for programming
environments.

Judy



On 5/20/07, Richmond Mathewson <geradamas at yahoo.com> wrote:
<snip>
> "easy-to-use and packed with features"
<snip>
> This is similar to claims that have been made about
> the current cross-platform, cross-OS GUI: - but it is
> not easy to use for people who have never used
> computers before.
>
> Working with an 11 year-old who had never done any
> programming before RR was not "easy-to-use" at all.