On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 3:37 PM, kirby urner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Actually, it's more that the computer companies don't believe in the developing country market yet, and don't take its requirements seriously. > The idea of a Richard Stallings Stallman > 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? Ken would have disagreed strongly with you. He got IBM to loan a school a 360 to teach elementary arithmetic with. > 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. Take a look at the Encore Mobilis. Brazil is buying them. I worked for Encore at one time. I'm asking them about putting Sugar on it. > Kirby -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
