Re: LOGO-L> One-Liner

["Gregory D. Simkins" <sims01@iname.com>]

yehuka@beitberl.beitberl.ac.il wrote:
>Hi Gregory,
>
>It's wonderful that your 6th graders can use DEFINE.
>
>On the other hand, the above example is sort of over-kill, as it can be
>written in more conventional, and easier to understand, form as:
>
>==============================================
>repeat 25[repeat 15[fd 100 bk 100 rt 5]fd 100]
>==============================================

I shared this with my class, they send their thanks...

Nesting and recursion are actually more difficult concepts
for them.  Define makes more since to them due to Language
Arts background -> Once a word has been defined, everyone
can use it.  The side effect to their programming, like their
written language, is it becomes wordy as they attempt to use
everything they know with little attempt at refinement.

Thanks Again,
-Greg

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