[nerdzero]

Even from a practical perspective I would respectfully disagree with you. I think someone with a lifetime of "traditional" programming experience would have a much easier time getting up to speed with a modern programming language than someone starting with a blank slate. Of course, I am assuming that by "blank slate" you mean: no experience at all.

[Karunamon]

Well, I'm kind of going on my own experience both programming and working with other programmers, both seasoned and not. The old hands (and I use that term respectfully) seem to have a harder time with concepts like OO and MVC than the people with little to no programming experience.

Same with me.. I started out with BASIC, and it's taken a lot of time to unlearn some of the bad habits introduced there. (Didn't Dijkstra say something about that?)