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<p>Great node! In fact, one of my first nodes on perlmonks was about teaching perl to children. You might want to review it: [id://356475]
<p>One resource not mentioned here is <A HREF=http://judo.sourceforge.net/>an effort to teach Java to children</A>.
<p>Like many others here, I was introduced to programming when it was a new and exciting field. Computers were mysterious boxes that few understood. Today, children carry around small games that have more processing power than 200 lunar modules from 1967.
<p>On a whim, I attempted to verify my statement above. I found the specifications for an <a href=http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-mit-apollo-guidance.html>Apollo Guidance Computer</a> but the design is so old a proper comparison is really not possible.
<p>As is often the case I did find some amusing subjects along the way including this <a href=http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/index.html>Virtual AGC</a> project. It is amusing to see the actual code compute a checksum, time events, and display a few simple calculated results used by Apollo astronauts during landing.
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