On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote:
> Yes, it does teach Scala, for a given value of "teach" It teaches you a Logo-like language implemented in Scala. > But they are starting points, and we all began somewhere! Absolutely. I bet a lot of us on this mailing-list started with Basic, and we turned out pretty okay despite Basic's alleged deadly flaws, thereby proving that the starting language is not that important as long as it sparks the interest of the student. So in this sense, programming Kojo really *is* programming Scala, and it's > doing so in a manner that Java cannot duplicate. > Of course it can, write the interpreter in Java and give it to the students, they won't be able to tell the difference with the version implemented in Scala. I understand you really like the fact that Kojo is implemented as a Scala DSL but you need to step back and realize that it doesn't give Kojo users any insight into Scala (Scala is actually only mentioned on one page of the forty-four page documentation and the references simply point the reader to http://scala-lang.org if they want to learn about Scala). -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
