Here's what ICT should really teach kids: how to do regular expressions (www.guardian.co.uk)

by Cory Doctorow (of When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth (craphound.com) fame)

If we're going to teach kids to use PowerPoint and word processors as part of their core education, we should be teaching them regular expressions. Very few pieces of technical arcana have their widespread applicability – and the present lack of widespread appreciation.