Yeah, lots of pro J sentiment on this list, including by me, author of 'Jiving in J' (got some help with typos from Kenneth, though I think there're still a couple): http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/cp4e.html
There's a bit of a disconnect with the XO in that I really do think of it as for pre-teens, given the small keys and appearance, was thinking bold designs building on XO would be in the wings by now, but apparently that's too hard a project. The idea of a Richard Stallings type geek using the XO as his "main laptop" just fills me with evil glee, I'm sorry, such an absurd image. The idea of hitting a pre-teen with Erlang and J, whereas most adults I know are still stuck on Access and Excel, is just a wee bit ludicrous, even for the child prodigy cult people (lots of Smalltalkers in that camp). Let's get a little more real, shall we? What laptop would you give a Peruvian or Cambodian teen, if not an XO? Of course it should run Python, and of course it shouldn't ignore the serious advances the XO represents. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
