Re: I'm all for teaching children how to program...
"it's an essential part of being a politically mature member of society as more and more issues are related to data processing...."
Not it isn't, anymore than understanding how a steam engine worked was an essential part of being a member of victorian society. People being able to use tools is what matters, not being able to explain their workings or construct them which always has been and always will be the preserve of specialists. Twas ever thus even back in the days of flint knapping.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
