kirby urner wrote: >> At what point does it become appropriate to expect this conversation to >> move over to "Squeakland" - where kids who are different than I was are >> treated without condescension. >> >> Art >> > > In general I favor a liberal approach to direct comparison of Python > with other langauges at the syntax and design level because: > > (a) it's a genre, well developed, with lots of literature and > (b) it's educational, helps define core concepts and CS and > (c) it's relevant, especially to people "just getting into" language X
Do we have to ignore the question as to whether - all syntactical issues being equal - it is more respectful to children to present it via a tool use by working physicists, astronomers, and at Google - or in some environment someone chose to call "Squeakland" (out of repsect???? for the sensibilities of a bright child). Or am I on my own planet, again? Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
