Should computer programming be taught in public school?

I work as a programmer, so I may be somewhat biased. I think that computers have such a strong impact on our lives that people should have some knowledge of how programs work. Additionally, they teach use of logic and can be incorporated in a math class.

The program language of choice for teaching programming used to be Basic, when it was still an interpreted language. For those unfamiliar with programming, an interpreted language means that all you have to do is type a command on the console and it will run as soon as you hit the carriage return. Basic is no longer so basic, but the Python language is interpreted and has been gaining in popularity. It makes an ideal language to introduce students to programming.