I started programming in the 80s with BASIC as an 8 year old.  So yes, it was very possible in the 80s for kids younger than 10 to learn to program.  AdBlock is in reference to the quote from the early 70&#x27;s from Alan Kay as a suggestion of one of the first &quot;simple programs&quot; a computer user might want to program.  This was in the 70s long before ARPA net was called the internet and he had the foresight to identify ads as a nemesis to an enjoyable user experience.