Re: LOGO-L> MW vs. other presentation programs

[Jeff <jeffr@mugc.cc.monash.edu.au>]

Cindy
One reading of logo, the logo spirit and the logo culture is as a 
negative, Swiftian parody of traditional formal education. MW is so much 
more than a 'presentation' program. Even tho' Hyperstudio has logo as 
it's scripting language, most users are not even aware of this. Yet to do 
anything non-trivial with Hyperstudio, you have to program with logo.
The difference is between 'presentation' and exploration and expression.
An oft stated design principle for logo environments is that simple 
things should be easy and complex things should be possible. The market 
for 'presentation' software is not interested in complex things.

Jeff Richardson
Monash University
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