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 Your sibling wants to start coding.  What programming language would you recommend?  
0. C
1.  Ja... 
 @425a31b8 definitely C. 
Python is easy but I fear the lack of static and strong typing makes people think loose type system are a good idea. (Yes, i know C is not exactly strongly typed but it mostly is) 
 @b5cdaf1a such a sad story :( very similar to Oscar Wilde's, who was imprisoned for two years for his omosexuality and probably died earlier than his time 'cause of jail time.
If the horror of their suffering wasn't enough, it makes me so mad to think the rest of us got robbed of potentially amazing discoveries and inventions by Turing, and of great literary works by Wilde