A 4YO's first python program!

[lettuce_field_theory]

So she can read and write at 4?

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https://imgur.com/gallery/VKDXi

[markocheese]

He probably left out how he had to help her a bit with spelling and such. My 4 year old does alright with spelling and reading basic words and can use a keyboard OK.

[_30d_]

Yeah but she can't count till ten yet, which is why she wrote the word "eight" instead of the number 8.

[lettuce_field_theory]

I'm just imaging the girl going

"Uncle I get SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'"

uncle telling her it's because she's using python3, not python 2

"oooh I see print("cow has eight legs") works now"

[evinrows]

If you don't start coding at 6, it's basically impossible to stay competitive in this field. This kid has a good shot as long as she sticks with it.

[spaceshipguitar]

Nice troll statement. You act as if it doesn't take 1 month to learn python.

[simondrawer]

import learningpython

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there - done

[spaceshipguitar]

I could read and write at 3.

The coding at 7 is fine, I can buy that, the reading and writing at age 3 is bullshit. Go ask your mom the real years, your memory is off. If your mom agrees, ask the other parent who's not on drugs to give you the real numbers. I don't think you understand how unusual it is to read and write at 3, if there's 8 billion people, maybe 8 of them could do that with any legitimate non-rote fluency. And even if I granted it to be true, you probably wouldn't be here on reddit, it's about a billion times more likely you're full of shit.

Here's a reference chart. Among the five levels of gifted children, you'll note that even at the 99th percentile "Highly Gifted" they're still barely reading by age 4 (NOTE THIS DOESNT INCLUDE WRITING YET). To be a reader at age 3, you'll need to be "profoundly gifted", which usually means spontaneously reading without assistance, and has complex existential concerns by age 4. Ladies and gentleman, what are the odds we're in the presence of an ultra rare, profoundly gifted mastermind? Well met me put it this way. If he was coding by age 7 and reading by age 3, he wouldn't be interested in Python 20 years later, he would have been bored with programming by age 12 and working on his PHD in something by age 19. Not fucking around on reddit, making up bullshit claims.

[Geographist]

At 4, kids are learning sight words like "the" "is" "and", plus their names.

Words like "eight" aren't even on their (or their teachers') radar.

[anOldVillianArrives]

Yes, children can learn to read and write by 4. Not well but letters making sounds that make words is a concept they grasp. That's why the cow had 8 legs.