Subj : Re: Is BASIC to be regarded as less than reputable prog lang?
To   : tenser
From : Malvinas
Date : Sat Jul 13 2024 17:35:37

 te> (...)  LOGO is actually a dialect of Lisp, and as such,
 te> it's incredibly powerful.  
Daaaamn.. I didn't know that...

 te> Unfortunately, few people _learned_ LOGO as a Lisp; most never
 te> got beyond drawing a few basic shapes with the turtle.  For
 te> those who did, many could not wrap their heads around functional-
 te> style programming.
 te> 
I use it for programming introduction only in the first two or three classes in my course, and stop using it when students learn how to do FOR[] loops, then move on to pseudo code... Maybe I should stick to LOGO a little longer....
Really didn't know that about LOGO. That's great to know.
Malvinas.

Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas!

.... Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas.

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