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> If you manage to start a Python REPL – which for most computers is either not pre-installed (Windows) or not obvious to beginners how to start (macOS/Linux) – there aren’t any graphics capabilities

That's not true. Python has a builtin turtle module which emulates LOGO. https://docs.python.org/3/library/turtle.html

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That said, I don't think the next generation needs to have the same or similar education as the generation before. The world changes faster than ever. There are probably resources that are better, that allow faster but more comprehensive learning.

More knowledge about computer internals can't hurt, I guess, but maybe it just might become unimportant in future, and there could be opportunity costs about learning something else.

Thanks. I updated the original post with an example using the turtle module. I'll admit I don't use Python a lot these days, and didn't know the Tkinter bundling/installation issues had been worked out. In the 2.x days, that was not usually part of the default install.

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