Comment by bradleyland

A common topic on HN is "teaching kids to code". I can think of no better environment for this than Minecraft + ComputerCraft. One of the most difficult challenges is getting kids interested in coding. Kids have a short attention span, so if you can't do something interesting in a relatively short time frame, they lose interest. ComputerCraft is great because A) I have yet to meet an 8-14 year old who isn't content to play Minecraft for hours, and B) ComputerCraft allows you to do a lot of very cool stuff that this demographic finds immensely rewarding. When you combine the willingness to spend long periods of time focused on a single task with creative inspiration of Minecraft, you have a winning combination.