some news

stéphane ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Thu Apr 20 06:47:24 UTC 2006


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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