Re: Perl as an intro to programming

Does the young person...

Like games? Card games are very fun and simple to implement, or simple text games like Russian Roulette, one of my faves. (Update: pay no attention to that sadist below!)
Like sports? Learn how to automate getting articles/stats/feeds off the web on a favorite team/player.
Like technology? Learn about networking, sockets, cool SMS/email tricks.
Like music? Learn how to organize mp3s by their tags, make apps that make customizable playlists or stream music over a network connection.
Like the web? Learn how to make a basic home page with dynamic content, using CGI and the like. Make a "super" Facebook page.

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Re^2: Perl as an intro to programming by Lawliet (Curate) on Feb 27, 2009 at 23:52 UTC
"simple text games like Russian Roulette" `rm -rf /` if you lose. Or, if you do not want to gamble too much, `shutdown -r now` :) And, to make it even more fun, make it a networked, multiplayer, game. :P And you didn't even know bears could type.	[reply] [d/l] [select]