LOGO is one language that was specifically designed for children to learn to use. Developed in the late 1960's it's very easy to use. At my primary school in standard 2 (1994ish) they let us play around abit with it for a while. It's usually used to control a robotic turtle or cursor on screen in simple exersices but can be used for much more than that It's kind of based on lisp the book I've got in front of me says. It's generally used for drawing shapes etc either on the screen or floor (if you have the turtle) You should be able to find more about it and some versions on the web try google. I've seen some nice fireworks display writen using logo For example Here's a very very simple program and a more complex form of it. Each draws a Square
TO SQUARE1 FORWARD 100 //moves turtle or cursor up 100 units RIGHT 90 //turns the pointer/turtle right 90* FORWARD 100 RIGHT 90 FORWARD 100 RIGHT 90 FORWARD 100 RIGHT 90 END ?SQUARE1 or More complex TO SQUARE2 REPEAT 4 [FORWARD 100 RIGHT 100] END ? SQUARE Or even more so TO SQUARE :SIZE //:Size is a variable REPEAT 4 [FORWARD :SIZE RIGHT 90] END ? SQUARE 100 Chad
