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    <p>I think that probably Visual Basic as it stands is not really the BASIC of our child hood. As with all things it has cast off the bindings of its parent and stands at the dawn of adulthood. Unfortunately with that, you've lost the ease of use and shallow learning curve. Such is life but anyway it is probably not the language you are looking for now.</p> <p>In my own not so humble opinion, I think that for a suitably motivated youngster, it probably doesn't matter what language you start out with. With talent and infinite time, they will be able to endlessly amuse and edify themselves in ways that we might not, so maybe the search for a "beginners" programming language is unnecessary. My own child is not yet at the stage I can test that out yet, so probably I am completely wrong. Therefore I did a search in SO and came up with some interesting results:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3088/best-ways-to-teach-a-beginner-to-program">Best ways to teach a beginner to program?</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=beginners+programming">Beginners programming questions</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4769/what-is-the-easiest-language-to-start-with">What is the easiest language to start with</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=basic">Questions containing "basic"</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/521015/is-alice-a-good-way-to-teach-programming">Is Alice a good way to teach programming</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/596170/suitable-environment-for-a-7-year-old">Suitable environment for a 7 year old</a> (you didn't mention the age)</li> </ul>
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