Is it really such a great idea to make languages that look more like English? Fr... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		tshadwell on July 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Isla: a programming language for young children Is it really such a great idea to make languages that look more like English? From my experience, newcomers to programming pick up a lot of misconceptions about general programming from English-like syntax.

edtechdev on July 19, 2013 [–]

Well, there's actual research on it. Most of our intuitions about teaching and learning are wrong.

Google computer science education or check out SIGCSE

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact