It doesn't get much better than a language
[co-] author Alan Kay recommending their
language!
SmallTalk is under the hood as mentioned
before and a pure object oriented language,
in that everything is an object.
Xerox PARC machines (dolphins?) had smalltalk,
but I didn't have much access to them
Caryl Bigenho wrote:
So I have a question for you folks. I am in discussion with a college CS prof
who
would like to teach beginning programming with XOs. He is interested in trying
several different languages, but I am interested in pointing him toward the
one
that would result in the
more inline
and reviewing, highlighting/ commenting on the original
posting/ thread below that...
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Yioryos Asprobounitis
mavrot...@yahoo.com wrote:
--- On Thu, 9/24/09, DancesWithCars danceswithc...@gmail.com wrote:
From: DancesWithCars
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 02:20:43AM -0400, DancesWithCars wrote:
Then a frozen membership list, first before a call
for elections.
Please don't spread FUD.
This has been discussed over a month ago:
From: Luke Faraone l...@faraone.cc
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:59:33 -0400
Message-ID:
Caryl, in part: the consensus is Python so far.
(a) the sample is too small for a consenus.
(b) why JUST one language? ~~ if your only tool is a hammer, all of your
problems tend to look like nails
(c) J
(d) other candidates: LISP, LOGO, Forth
(e) It's an educational project: that screams
OK, the consensus is Python so far. Can he do that strictly on XOs? How does
he package it to share as an Activity? Can he do it on a Mac or PC and then
package it for Sugar? I think he would really like to do it all on the XO. Is
this possible? How does it get from terminal mode to being a
It's always difficult to come up tp speed with an active project list.
And technological barriers exist. I myself can only do the most basic
wiki editing, and I struggled with the trac system; but I have learned
how to moderate the Marketing mailing list and participate in IRC
discussions only
Caryl.
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activity_Team
A great deal of useful information about developing activities for the Sugar
environment can be found on the Sugar Labs wiki. I would recommend starting
with this page and following links from there.
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activity_Team
I also did some Fortran,
IBM 360 Assembler (failed that one?)
Basic was very painful, as had better elsewhere,
but did a little project in HS with it, iirc.
A local kid has [obsconded with] my Scratch cards,
but I've got his stuffed penguin as collateral...
'Insanity is inherited, you get it
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 4:28 AM, roberto robert...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
dir...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:26 AM, roberto robert...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Tomeu Vizoso to...@sugarlabs.org
Actually, I wasn't recommending it, but just pointing out that it does run
everywhere (including the XO but doesn't need any particular OS), is
powerful, etc.
My deep beliefs are that problems have special natures whose solutions are
greatly aided by languages/notations that fit them and
more inline
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Sascha Silbe
sascha-ml-ui-sugar-i...@silbe.org wrote:
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 02:20:43AM -0400, DancesWithCars wrote:
missing the lead up paragraph
Then a frozen membership list, first before a call
for elections.
Please don't spread FUD.
It's
I don't know what is on the Solution Grove iso, but you can probably
get a hint as to why Write is failing to launch by examining the log
file for Write, which is available through the Log activity.
regards.
-walter
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote:
can you LOGO in an image from the camera?
gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada (705) 250-0112) wrote:
Caryl, in part: the consensus is Python so far.
(a) the sample is too small for a consenus.
(b) why JUST one language? ~~ if your only tool is a hammer, all of your
problems tend to look
Yamandu Ploskonka asked: can you LOGO in an image from the camera?
--
why not? it might require an extension to LOGO (do not know)
otoh, why? if your only tool is a hammer, all of your problems tend to look
like nails
-- use LOGO for its originally intended purpose
-- I do not have a
Walter,
Thanks for the suggestion.
When I examine the log file, here's what I see:
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/util.py:25: DeprecationWarning: the
sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead
import sha
Traceback (most recent call last):
File /usr/bin/sugar-activity,
Hi Gerald,
On 27 Sep 2009, at 01:35, Gerald Ardito wrote:
Walter,
Thanks for the suggestion.
When I examine the log file, here's what I see:
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/util.py:25:
DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib
module instead
import
Gary,
This image came from Caroline Meeks at Solution Grove. It came as part of a
version of SOAS that she put together for me.
Gerald
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote:
Hi Gerald,
On 27 Sep 2009, at 01:35, Gerald Ardito wrote:
Walter,
Thanks for
Makes sense.
I'll follow up with Caroline.
Thanks so much.
Gerald
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Luke Faraone l...@faraone.cc wrote:
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 21:52, Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.comwrote:
This image came from Caroline Meeks at Solution Grove. It came as part of
a
Hi Gerald,
Many thanks for the feedback.
On 27 Sep 2009, at 02:52, Gerald Ardito wrote:
Gary,
This image came from Caroline Meeks at Solution Grove. It came as
part of a version of SOAS that she put together for me.
Gerald
OK, looks like a SoaS build mistake.
Caroline, just a quick
Caryl,
I would agree with the others that Python is your best choice. Most
Activities use at least some Python, and all three of mine are
entirely in Python. You might look at the source for View Slides,
Read Etexts and Get Internet Archive Books as examples of what can be
done entirely in
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