Best age to start programming?

[filburt1]

I think of it similar to a foreign language: the earlier you start the easier it is.

[denniswrenn]

I accidently voted >18, but I meant to vote 12 to 18..

[crptcblade]

my umbilical cord was plugged into a serial port as a fetus. That helped me learn a lot.

[parksie]

I am a mechanical
I am a mechanical
I am a mechanical man...

[chrisjk]

that's a really...pleasing thought

[CiberTHuG]

Dennis's vote should be an example of why we should learn to parse and debug before we get too carried away with programming.

But yes, the earlier the better. Simple logic games help a lot (hint hint to the populous at large).

[sail3005]

i think that less than 8 is too young, because you need to have a strong grasp on the concepts of algebra (at least to get anything done) and most 8 year olds can't do algebra.

I think that 12 - 18 is the best.

[denniswrenn]

Originally posted by CiberTHuG
Dennis's vote should be an example of why we should learn to parse and debug before we get too carried away with programming.

But yes, the earlier the better. Simple logic games help a lot (hint hint to the populous at large).

Hey, what do you mean by that? is you might be implyingn that I is be slow?

Well, when I voted I was in a hurry (was about to go somewhere), so I didn't look before I pressed "vote".

[Pix]

No being mean to Dennis

[Ali G]

dennis is da batty boy, aiiii

[denniswrenn]

Originally posted by Pix
No being mean to Dennis

Yeah, what she said, and you have to listen to her 'cos she's a girl. neener neener neener

[Daler Mehndi]

Pix girl? Daler no know that!

Hmm maybe Daler have chance at get *****!

[Pix]

No chance

[Daler Mehndi]

Originally posted by Pix
No chance

I talk about ***** cat! Meow!

I guess Pix no have ***** cat.

Daler have nice ***** cat. ***** cat name Sir Towel.

[Pix]

Leave the cats alone

[SteveCRM]

[mastermind94]

I started BASIC at 8

[numtel]

I started pascal at 8, now I'm 14

[Tygur]

I say the younger the better, but it really depends on the person. Many people <8 years old might not even be interested.

As far as algebra skills are concerned, I don't feel they're really so necessary. Before I started programming, I got a 66 in algebra 1. I almost failed it. But I excelled at programming.

[thinktank]

The older you become, lesser becomes your curiosity to dig and learn something new. Exploration is the best way to learn anything and the lesser you do you are not going to master it.
So you have to learn to program very early....{about 8-10 years }

[Ali G]

da yunger da *****, da tighter da fit, aiiiiiiiiiiiii

[filburt1]

Are you a good programmer, Ali?

[Ali G]

I is wicked, boyakasha.

[barrk]

The older you become, lesser becomes your curiosity to dig and learn something new

I disagree!!! Unless by older you mean 80s.

[thinktank]

Dim oldage as byte
 
oldage = GetKatieAge()
 
Private Function Learnnewthings(age as byte) As boolean
 If age >= oldage Then
   Msgbox "Can't Learn...failing memory,lack of interest"
 Else
   Learnnewthings =true
 End If
End function

[chrisjk]

Originally posted by thinktank

Dim oldage as byte
 
oldage = GetKatieAge()
 
Private Function Learnnewthings(age as byte) As boolean
 If age >= oldage Then
   Msgbox "Can't Learn...failing memory,lack of interest"
 Else
   Learnnewthings =true
 End If
End function

Why is Oldage defined as a byte...surely nothing more complex than an integer is required (unless people start living over 32767 years of course)

[thinktank]

byte = 8 bits (can store values 0 to 255 )

[chrisjk]

well didn't you know, people have been living to 300...

[thinktank]

Well, I actually wanted some teen to point out why the getkatieage function was used in a no man's land...

So that, I can reinstate my opinion that younger minds are inquisitive and therefore quick in learning..

but so far..

[chrisjk]

well, one of those things you don't notice unless you're looking for it I guess

[Tygur]

Originally posted by thinktank
Well, I actually wanted some teen to point out why the getkatieage function was used in a no man's land...

So that, I can reinstate my opinion that younger minds are inquisitive and therefore quick in learning..

but so far..

I noticed it, but I figured it was VBScript instead of regular VB.

But then, VBScript only uses variants, doesn't it?

[nishantp]

Originally posted by filburt1
Are you a good programmer, Ali?

Surprisingly enough, he actually knows his stuff. And english to...

[nishantp]

I figure i might as well tell my glorious story

It all started when i was about 9 and i asked my dad what a batch file was ( i had been fooling about with autoexec.bat, and screwed things up a few times ) So i gradually began writting batch files. Then i asked my dad if there was such thing as a batch file for Windows. The litteral answer was yes, WIL. Some of you may have heard of it, Windows Interface Language, also known as WinBatch. So i learnt that for a few years. Then i gradually found its limits and started on VB. Im currently trying to learn C++, but after VB im just oo lazy

Here i am at 15