There's something psychologically powerful about string interpolation, much to Jeff's dismay.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Scott Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > It's funny, I didn't care too much about string interpolation at first (as > you know!), but after I saw how Alex took to it, I've reconsidered... he > thought it was the coolest thing. > > On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 4:07:33 PM UTC+2, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >> >> This is really cool to hear about! >> >> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Keith Campbell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey Scott, >>> Just bumped across an old IJulia Notebook my 9-year old and I did >>> last year. He was getting '24' problems (use +,-,*,/ with 4 numbers to >>> make 24) and got one he swore couldn't be solved. We put together a >>> little brute-force solver to test that out -- he was right. >>> >>> Anyway, I spruced it up a little and presented to his class, where >>> they had a good time playing with it. You can see the notebook at: >>> https://github.com/catawbasam/catawbasam_sandbox/blob/master/Julia_24.ipynb >>> >>> We actually started off with Python, but switched to Julia, largely >>> because Julia's syntax is a little closer to the math notation the kids are >>> used to seeing. >>> regards, >>> Keith >>> >> >>
