From: "John Duncan" <jddst19+@pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: Computer Programming for Everybody?
Date: 1999/09/13
Date: 1999-09-13T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7rka1l$7j3$1@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1999Sep13.044659.1@eisner
Larry Kilgallen <kilgallen@eisner.decus.org> wrote in message
news:1999Sep13.044659.1@eisner...
> In article <7ri1ls$1rf9@drn.newsguy.com>, mitch@nospam.com writes:
> > In article <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909121557150.1131-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
Brian
> > says...
> >
> >>
> >>Better than what? Ada? Yes. Python is a lot easier to learn than Ada,
IMO.
> >>Of course, I'm not a grade-schooler :-).
> >>
> >
> > Easier to learn does not make something better :)
>
> Why is Python any better for this job than Logo ?
>
> It seems to me that the connection to physical models made Logo a
> strong contender for young children. Am I mixing my age groups ?
I think that interactivity was one of the big stepping-stones for the
language. The problem with logo is that no one taught it right, I guess.
Kids played around for three or four years writing
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and not actually writing anything interesting. Logo was neat and
interactive, but it didn't have much relevance to kids' heads beyond
graphics. The power of the computer is outside of a little sandbox, and
python is an easy, interactive way to express yourself using that power.
Also, there was a lot of anecdotal evidence for the ease of understanding
python.
-John
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-09-10 0:00 Computer Programming for Everybody? Ted Dennison
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Raymond Calande
1999-09-10 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-09-11 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-09-12 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-12 0:00 ` mitch
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-09-13 0:00 ` John Duncan [this message]
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Mike Hall
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-14 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
[not found] ` <7ronav$shf@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
[not found] ` <Pine.HPP.3.93.990915162218.958A-100000@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
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