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Adruxj.128 net.cse utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!druxj!neal Tue Feb 16 11:41:17 1982 Mindstorms and LOGO Does anyone out there know the status of MIT's LOGO language? It is discussed in a wonderful book called Mindstorms by Seymour Papert, which is about computer science and children. Very young children can learn the language, and as a result they are introduced to how to think, and how to teach a computer to do something. Thus, to learn how to multiply numbers, a child will write a routine to do digit-by-digit multiplication, and end up understanding the concept much better. LOGO can be graphically oriented, and can control a mechanical turtle. It is also a serious language with (I think) much of the power of LISP. Neal McBurnett, druxj!neal.

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