From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2002-12-08T08:11:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie tutorial - if statements

> Moreover, if children see 'if ... then' as a natural mapping of English
> to Ruby, they'll probably try other constructions and be disappointed
> when they don't work: "Why it is like English in one case and so strange
> in the other?" IMHO it's good to have them realize from the beginning
> that Ruby is *not* a natural language, that you cannot express things
> any way you like, and that there's some things that have to be learned
> first.

Good point.  My little brother had similar struggles while learning how to
program.

Daniel.