From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!taylor Newsgroups: net.micro Title: Re: Logo...am I missing the boat?? Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.30 Posted: Thu Dec 30 23:20:11 1982 Received: Sat Jan 1 03:18:44 1983 References: mhuxv.1049 I must have seen a different version of LOGO to everyone here who raves about it as a great language (specially for kids...!!!) The version that I saw was about as obscure a syntax as they come! While I might very well be shot down and stewed for this, I still say that BASIC is the best language to teach a child...it's a hell of a lot closer to human language (remember that??? Recall that the Computer is a TOOL! A Hell of a sophisticated one, but a tool nonetheless. Therefore it should adjust to US, not the other way around!! I mean, it seems that my computer should be able to accept the language that I use, and learn it, rather than making me learn a NEW language so that I can communicate with it!! I mean HEY!!! Who is the boss?? US or IT? *sigh* enough. ) Obviously, I think that ENGLISH (remember that too??) is the best language...since the kids are struggling with it anyway...but in the mean- time I would settle for a language that is 1) interpretive (with a compilation option...) and 2) reasonably mnemonic, in that the programmer does not need a sheaf of notes by his/her side before even contemplating using the computer. I know that this will have many flames turned up high. No Problem. In fact I encourage the mail...(but, perhaps, not the posted articles...the newsgroup is a bit cluttered as it is!) Happy New Year etcetera!!! -- Dave Taylor sdcsvax!taylor