...so to eliminate that, and yet have a language that surpasses toy status, one could try FORTRAN. No pointers, no data structures (well, that's not entirely true, but is Ben's brain going to be rotted with COMMON segments at that tender age? I rather think not), and a syntax that, like BASIC's, only a mother could love. The only downside to FORTRAN vis-a-vis BASIC is the dreaded, gawd-awful FORMAT statement. But Ben's clever enough to handle that, innit he?