The first programming language that I learned was Fortran, while I was doing my bachelors in Electronics. Our B.Sc course had only two programming papers, Fortran and 8085 assembly language. I still remember one teacher who came to teach us DOS basics asking “How many of you have touched a computer ?”. Not even a single hand raised in answer. Those days, access to computers was that difficult.
Present generation of programming students are very lucky. If they wish, they can learn programming with one of the most beautiful languages ever created , that too without installing any software on your system .
Links -
[1] http://tryruby.hobix.com.
[2] http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/
