Racket supported some Logo flavors for a while. I am sure they'd be easy to resurrect. -- The bad part isn't that Logo isn't just dysfunctional (isn't that the right word for "not functional") but don't help kids with anything. -- Matthias
On Nov 16, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Byron Davies wrote: > John, > > If you’re working on a BASIC-like Lisp, may I suggest Seymour Papert’s Logo > language http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LogoLanguage. > > This is a line-oriented language developed for kids, with Lisp-like > semantics, developed originally for Turtle graphics. Since there’s already a > Turtle package in Racket, perhaps you could create a full-up Logo in Racket. > Not functional, but still cool. > > Byron > ========= > Byron Davies, Ph.D. — 480-276-4285 > Chief Learner and Director of K-12 Innovation > [email protected] > http://StarShineAcademy.org > > >> On Nov 16, 2014, at 10:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:20:00 +0100 >> From: Konrad Hinsen <[email protected]> >> To: J Arcane <[email protected]> >> Cc: Racket Users <[email protected]> >> Subject: [racket] Can't get my language package to work. >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> J Arcane writes: >> >>> I've been tinkering about with a BASIC-inspired Lisp syntax in Racket to >>> practice >>> macros. I've now got all the basic definitions established and wanted to >>> thus start >>> working on making it usable as a language, at least with #lang s-expr but >>> I'm failing >>> even at that. I can't even get my file to import and function with >>> (require). >> >> The best starting point I found for implementing languages in Racket is this >> article by Matthew Flatt: >> >> https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2068896 >> >> You can download all the examples and play with them. I suggest you >> take his version based on s-expr and modify it in small steps toward >> your own language. It's always easier to modify working code than to >> start from scratch. >> >> Konrad. > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
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