Is programming hard?

Throughout our class we've talked a lot about programming languages and how they're used. A lecture given by Randy Pausch from Carnegie Mellon University talked about a great program called Alice. The lecture itself is incredible and if you're got time I recommend watching it or buying the book. The program talked about though is a simple program designed to help anyone new to programming see in a very visual and easy way the basics of programming. Instead of trying to explain it I created a tutorial on screencast.com to show how easy it is to use. If you've ever had any interest in animation or computer programming, or even if you would just like to play around and make your own animated movie, check it out. The program can be downloaded free here.