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What is a good first programming language?

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          XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 10, Issue 4
          August 2004
          68 pages
          ISSN:1528-4972
          EISSN:1528-4980
          DOI:10.1145/1027313
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