On Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:08:06 +1000, Graham Matthews
<···············@maths.anu.edu.au> wrote:
>What rubbish. You can train people to use a modern language just like
>you can and do train them to use an older language. The "oh these new
>languages are too hard to learn for Joe average programmer" just doesn't
>stand up. How can a language with no pointers, no explicit memory
>alloc/dealloc, etc be harder to learn than one where you have to do all
>that yourself ...
Remember LOGO; a LISP derivative used for teaching youngsters to
program...
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Hmmmm...
I think that this was later. I seem to recall that the original goal
of LOGO was to control a robot arm [at, I believe, MIT].
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From: Alaric B. Williams
Subject: Re: Reply to Ousterhout's reply (was Re: Ousterhout and Tcl ...)
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On 15 Apr 1997 13:46:39 GMT, ········@bassun.perfect.att.com (Brad
Spencer) wrote:
> Remember LOGO; a LISP derivative used for teaching youngsters to
> program...
>
>Hmmmm...
>
>I think that this was later. I seem to recall that the original goal
>of LOGO was to control a robot arm [at, I believe, MIT].
I didn't say it was a design goal at first. But education
was what it became famous for!
ABW
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Nuclear Arsenals, Laser Satellites, Battlefield Control Networks,
Radar Installations, Fighter Squadrons, and other WfEWAD compliant
devices, including the new Macrosoft Unnatural Keyboard, with
full support for the now-famous Big Red Buttom(tm)."
(Windows for Early Warning and Defence User's manual P26)
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