some news

Alan Kay alan.kay at squeakland.org
Thu Apr 20 10:23:49 UTC 2006


That would be a very good thing if it could happen. Let's hope.

Cheers,

Alan

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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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