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Re: Mindstorms (more than just robotics?)
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 7 Nov 1998 02:27:29 GMT
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Kekoa Proudfoot <kekoa@Graphics.Stanford.EDU>
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> I think the programming language is fine for those that don't know what
> they're missing.
Interesting. I wonder how what you know about programming languages
affects how you think about them. For example, if you don't know about
variables, maybe you develop an intuition for what sorts of methods help
you work around them, or maybe you develop an intuition and tend to think
of projects that are solvable without them.
> It is also a good logical step into something more complicated.
I can see this too. Maybe at some point you realize that something like a
variable would help you solve a particular problem, then when you
eventually get variables, it all makes sense how to use them, because those
were just what you were looking for in the first place.
This is all speculation. I have very little memory about what it was like
when I first learned to program, aside from the fact that it involved
for-loops, low-res graphics, an Apple II+, and cool pictures that I
couldn't get enough of. That was a long time ago.
-Kekoa
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) Hmmm.... this reminds me of when I first learned programming in Scheme. The recursive nature of the language really got a hold of me and made me think of solving programming problems in ways I never thought of before. The problems would have (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi fellow Lego fans and coders- I joined this list yesterday, apparently at the very tail end of a discussion about the nature/subject of this list vs. the nature/subject of another list. I am a lifelong Lego fan, but I'm also a CS major and Linux (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) This is sort of off topic, because I don't have too much experience in programming, but I've noticed a similar phenomenon with language... I can remember a time when I didn't speak Japanese, for instance, but I *can't* remember what it was (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I remember the difficulty I had in understanding variables.. 7th grade, about 1978/79, using a TRS-80 (graphics? cool pictures? huh?). The mathlab teacher wanted me to write a program to loop and calculate 1+2+3+4+5+6+... and I happily created (...) (26 years ago, 8-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| In a message dated 11/6/98 5:18:13 PM Central Standard Time, kekoa@Graphics.Stanford.EDU writes: << I'm curious. What does she think of the programming environment? It she strugging to figure out how to use it and get it to do the things she wants? (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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