>> Or, at the contrary: let them experience a big shock that wipes out their
>> preconceived ideas about programming. Trying to help them avoid that shock
>> may actually make thing more difficult for them in the long term. They have
>> to grok that Smalltalk *is* different.
> 
> 30 years of big shock have proved not to work.
> Thank you for trying, come back in your next life.

Death is the ultimate big shock, indeed.

Stef