Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 12:00:09 -0500 (EST) From: P Lynch <lynch@rush.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: kline@tera.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Beginning user's OS (was: Here is a really odd question!!!) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980705115827.13068D-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <199807040802.CAA02757@softweyr.com>
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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 > > > > > 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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