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I think Logo is a useful middle ground for novice programmers. But by all means, if you want to do Forth, do Forth. Then you can have all the advantages of th

by kjs3 7y ago

I think Logo is a useful middle ground for novice programmers. But by all means, if you want to do Forth, do Forth. Then you can have all the advantages of the Forth peanut gallery telling any kid that doesn't get Forth they're too stupid to understand computers and all the other toxic baggage that comes from that ecosystem. Or you can teach a language that caters to programming novices and let them decide if they want to go down towards bare metal or up to more abstract languages or stick to apps like Excel because they really aren't cut out to be programmers. I prefer the non-screw-you approach.

mimixco 7y ago
I concur. The takeaway from LOGO is the idea about what computers can do and how you, the programmer, might approach that. It's a language designed for pedagogy. Programming in LOGO isn't about the language -- or any language, really. Having done exactly as you say, go down to bare metal programming at IBM and up to full stack web stuff with multiple layers of "high level" languages, its really one's conception of computing that is the biggest determinant in the kinds of software one can write. It's not the tools themselves.