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Racket has turtle graphics. [0] Realm of Racket might be a good non-school introduction to programming. [1] I feel like How to Design Programs would be better

by sn9 11y ago

Racket has turtle graphics. [0] Realm of Racket might be a good non-school introduction to programming. [1] I feel like How to Design Programs would be better suited for the classroom, whereas RoR is all about having fun. [0] https://docs.racket-lang.org/turtles/ https://docs.racket-lang.org/turtles/ [1] https://www.nostarch.com/realmofracket https://www.nostarch.com/realmofracket

e12e 11y ago
As far as I can gather, that module doesn't support traditional (non-lisp) syntax, along the lines of traditional logo graphics? Which could be why the tutorial section[1] prefers the (apparently more well documented) "#lang slideshow", which gives some of the same benefits (a simple syntax for graphics) with some of the same [ed: drawbacks] (an IMNHO slightly higher bar for entry, due to being Scheme, rather than an even easier language). [1] https://docs.racket-lang.org/quick/ https://docs.racket-lang.org/quick/ [ed: Ie: one can't simply cut'n'paste from: http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/logo_primer.html http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/logo_pr... and get pretty pictures, one has to manually compile (or transpile if you will) from Logo to Scheme first. Which is obviously a job for a computer, not for a brain.]