It's worth reading http://www.joelonsoftware.com/Archive.html also. Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cox" <jimcox at miba51.com> > I came across this posting on digg.com and though it might be of interest > to some of you out there: > > http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2006/01/which-language-for-teaching-computer.html