[Gllug] Logo as a first language

[David Damerell]

On Friday, 4 Mar 2005, David Damerell wrote:
>On Thursday, 3 Mar 2005, John Southern wrote:
>>Also what would be the idea programming language you would learn if
>>you had to start all over again today?
>Yes, there are reasons why it's more complex now - but nevertheless, I
>think there's no equivalent to the, say, BBC BASIC situation where the
>equivalent of ncurses - stick these letters in these colours here on
>the screen - is one of the very first things you learn.

Bah, I missed my actual point here. Hence Logo for kids, because Logo
- with an actual robot - still _does_ something.

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