Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:12:33 -0500 (EST) From: P Lynch <lynch@rush.net> To: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> Cc: wes@softweyr.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Beginning user's OS (was: Here is a really odd question!!!) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980706151133.12461E-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <199807051631.JAA24351@athena.tera.com>
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Gary, found it, its at http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh, its a logo interpreter written by Brian Harvey. and its pretty good =) ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Gary Kline wrote: > According to P Lynch: > > I had actually found a good logo interpreter, but I can't remember where > > it is now...... > > > > it was like one of those things...."Wow, I remember LOGO, I wanna play > > with this some more" > > > > when I was in grammar school, they taught the computer classes with logo, > > it got to the point some of us were actually doing simplistic animations > > with it. it might take me a few days to find, but I'll post it when I find > > it > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net > > Systems Administrator Rush Networking > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > > My hidden microphone recorded Gary Kline (kline@tera.com) saying: > > > > > > % I'm watching this discussion with considerable interest > > > % since my 32-month-old daughter is very interested in my > > > % computer. So far she's learned virtually all the ASCII > > > % character set, and in another few years I think that > > > % she will be ready for much more. > > > % > > > % What's the consensus on BASIC? Or FORTRAN? xcoral has > > > % a C interpreter that could be broken out... . > > > % > > > % Bright children really do absorb things quickly; just > > > % how quickly has amazed me no end! > > > > > > My daughter is 27 months old next week, and is already a skilled computer > > > user. She has 3 programs on CD-ROM of her own, and gets another one every 2 > > > or 3 months. She can load the CD herself, and has become quite proficient at > > > using the keyboard-driven programs. > > > > > > We bought her first, called "Baby Rom," last fall when she was 18 months old. > > > She learned the entire alphabet in 9 weeks, and the numbers 1-9 in another 2 > > > weeks. > > > > > > Since then, we've added the Fisher-Price Barnyard CD. She can now tell you > > > what kinds of food all of the common barnyard animals eat, how plants grow > > > from seeds, and the names of the common barnyard animals and their babies. > > > > > > She's still not quite "getting" the use of the mouse, though she's willing to > > > try. She enjoys typing and identifying the letters she makes, and can type > > > any letter you ask her to. > > > > > > I think I'll wait till after her third birthday, then find a good Logo > > > implementation. If there isn't one already, it shouldn't be too difficult to > > > create one, it's a pretty simple language. Anyone around here have a > > > yacc-able grammer for Logo? > > > > > > -- > > > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > > > > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > > > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com > > > > > About the only reason we bought a DOS box was that it was > the only means of running the educational CD's. > > --I haven't seen the Fisher-Price CD's yet, thanks for the > tip, Wes. There are scores of these for young and older > children, but which are good (or better) and which not is > one those cosmic mysteries. ...Or then again, I just may > not have found the right magazine(s). > > Whenever you find LOGO for FBSD, I'd like to check it out, > Pat. I heard of it years ago, but that's it. It'd be nice > to have some tools to cobble together an environment that > Allyson could play with on this platform. Not be totally > infected by dos. > > thanks, people, > > gary > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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