It is just a programming language specification. In a very a strict sense, Logo is not a programming language. It is described as a dialect of Lisp, a functional programming language. Logo can be called a general-purpose programming language.
But an eight-year-old child who wants to learn programming should explore Logo, a programming language specifically designed for kids. In my opinion it will be slightly easier for a first-time learner to start with a language like Python that has its own shell, rather than languages like C or Java. The other important question is ‘What should be taught as the first programming language?’ Should it be a normal programming language like Python or Java, or should it be a programming language specifically designed to teach programming principles to children? Well, if you are a 15-year-old with good mathematical skills then start learning Python immediately. By that age, a child knows all the basic arithmetic necessary to do some sort of programming. All I could find were a bunch of articles sharing personal opinions.Ī child aged eight to ten years can start learning programming. I couldn’t find any scientific studies regarding this. Personal experiences aside, the important question is, ‘What is the right age to start learning programming?’ The answer is sure to be contested. I started learning programming when I was 15, and was quite okay with the idea of using computers to do something other than playing video games.
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