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Re: LOGO-L> Why Basic, Pascal, etc.



KERRB@Magill.UniSA.edu.au
Tue, 15 Aug 1995 23:09:36 +0930

>In what significant educational way do Basic, Hypercard, Pascal, and the
>other languages taught in K-12 compensate for deficiencies in Logo?

>In other words, why not teach Logo in all thirteen grades and just ignore the
>other languages?

Ha! ha!
Wouldn't this be an instance of QWERTY (Papert) or the anarchy of capitalism
(Marx) ? How come something as good as Logo doesn't get a bigger share of the
cake? Do we need a Bill Gates on our side?

Bill Kerr
Paralowie R12 School
South Australia

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