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Re: hmmm...
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Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:20:39 GMT
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Patricia Schempp wrote in message <37850E38.5EA46609@clemson.edu>...
> I might be being silly here...but is this logo the same logo I used on
> my Apple IIe to make silly pictures in 1980?
I believe it is. I actually wrote my first computer program when I was
in 7th grade as a visitor to MIT's Artificial Intelligence laboratory in the
research labs of Dr. Seymour Pappert who created the logo language. Dr.
Pappert, as you may know, was also a major influence in the development of
the Lego Mindstorms system. Though I have never met the man, I also credit
him indirectly with introducing me to computers and what has become a very
enjoyable carreer.
The most memorable feature of logo is that it uses a "turtle" to draw
graphics on screen. The program tells the turtle to move forward or back,
and turn left or right. The turtle draws a line wherever it goes unless the
program tells it to raise its pen or lower its eraser. Traditional logo is
built on top of the Lisp programming language, although turtle graphics
support has been grafted onto other programming languages as well.
At the AI lab, they also had floor turtles that were simple, domed,
2-wheeled robots that could raise or lower a ball point pen to draw designs
on paper laid out on the floor. The MIT floor turtles were the mental model
that I used for my very first RIS creation some 22 years later. (Oops, I
just dated myself there, now, didn't I?)
What I want to know is, where is this logo compiler for the RIS? I
assume there wouldn't be a forum if there wasn't a platform...
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| Chris Phillips wrote in message ... (...) development of (...) credit (...) Not only have I never met Dr. Papert, but I also never learned how to spell his name! (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.logo)
| | | Re: hmmm...
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| (...) (URL) See Revision History: Logo Blocks 3.0 (March 6, 1999) Support for the LEGO RCX brick. -Suz. (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.logo)
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| I might be being silly here...but is this logo the same logo I used on my Apple IIe to make silly pictures in 1980? (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.logo)
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