some news

Hilaire Fernandes hilaire at ext.cri74.org
Fri Apr 21 22:11:35 UTC 2006


It's sad!

The message suggests spending time and resources writing things already
existing in Squeak. It's a shame as it could mean spending tight
resources in things already done. Definitively this will not help
children and one can not pretend doing so for them.

Hilaire

Bert Freudenberg a écrit :
> Here's Guido van Rossum's take on it:
> 
>     http://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/2006-April/006178.html
> 
> - Bert -
> 
> 
> Am 20.04.2006 um 12:23 schrieb Alan Kay:
> 
>> That would be a very good thing if it could happen. Let's hope.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> -----------
>>
>> At 11:47 PM 4/19/2006, stéphane ducasse wrote:
>>
>>> about etoy in python....
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> Blog de Mark Shuttleworth:
>>>>
>>>> "Suffice it to say that after two days in the bunker, I think we
>>>> did brilliantly! I saw real bridges being built between Alan and
>>>> Guido, two great men who's collaboration might give us the tools to
>>>> teach logic from the earliest days of education (think of 5 year- 
>>>> olds writing code visually) through to high level instruction (we
>>>> all know how effective Python is for university type problems,
>>>> right?). Instead of fighting over turf or syntax, I sensed a
>>>> genuine willingness to synthesize the best work from both camps
>>>> into something that could have both Python's pop-culture widespread
>>>> appeal, and pedagogical foundations that build on years of Alan's
>>>> experience in the Squeak world. The mouse might yet become the
>>>> snake's strongest ally."
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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