> There are many freely and easily available > compilers in many > languages so this doesn't really disturb me. I've > heard Yet Another > Basic is good (though I haven't used it myself): > http://www.yabasic.de/
I shall try ybasic, thanks. But after the horror of trying xbasic and qbasic and all the others, I do not expect much success. All were created by techies who suffer from techie-disease... an absolute assumption that everyboddy who downloads their compiler will instantly and miraculously know how to use it. The manuals are gibberish. There is nothing at all resembling a simple place to write line by line code and simply typr "run". > > For your son, maybe you'd also want to try teaching > him LOGO. I > googled up a free LOGO version for Windows here: > http://www.softronix.com/logo.html Thanks also for that. But I did try to explain my frustration. I already know BASIC. I have books. I have a zillion sample programs that are EXACTLY what I want to teach. Logo looks nice but I do not have the time to learn another language and it definitely looks "higher" than the algorithm-based level that I have wanted to show to my son. I want Z=2x, x=1, print Z. I want to move a DOT using a simple mathematicall algorithm. I have examples in books. Why can I not show this to my son? It is EXACTLY what Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and Wozniak did. Maybe that's why they have ensured that no one else can. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
