Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-05-04 Thread Nehal
On Sun, Apr 28, 2019, 22:02 Joh-Tob Schäg Hello Nehal, > I've been doing some catching up on these videos. > Mr. Alabhya Singh took quiet some time to explain this mathematical problem > with the different approaches. I recall that in Germany when i was > confronted with the same problem (apply +

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-28 Thread Joh-Tob Schäg
Hello Nehal, I've been doing some catching up on these videos. Mr. Alabhya Singh took quiet some time to explain this mathematical problem with the different approaches. I recall that in Germany when i was confronted with the same problem (apply + (range 1 N)), i was taught the Gauss approach (/

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-28 Thread Nehal
Dear Mr Kashyap, Thanks a lot for your encouraging words. It's wonderful that you could find time to watch and appreciate our videos. Will keep updating about latest in our Lisp exploration with kids. Thanks Nehal - On Sat, Apr 27, 2019, 20:00 C K Kashyap This is very nice! I particularly

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-28 Thread Nehal
Dear Mr Alexander, Thanks for appreciating our efforts. This was all unplanned and spontaneous. Infact we started to approach Lisp syntax with addition of numbers from 1 to 100. So all kids were focused on numbers. Syntax was just natural. The best thing was they enjoyed. And there was no fear of

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-27 Thread C K Kashyap
This is very nice! I particularly liked how quickly the kids were catching onto the syntax rules - or rule rather :) I had tried to get my daughters interested - I think I'll try to preset it as a game and try again. Thanks for sharing the videos. Regards, Kashyap On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 12:49 AM

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-27 Thread Alexander Burger
Dear Nehal, wow, thats impressing! > We have begun Lisp sessions here with kids. Many other kids joined. Without > explicitly telling about symbolic expressions they learned to traverse, > understand, solve lisp as mathematical puzzles. > > The session was taken by my mentor and co-worker,

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-26 Thread Nehal
Dear PicoLisp programmers, We have begun Lisp sessions here with kids. Many other kids joined. Without explicitly telling about symbolic expressions they learned to traverse, understand, solve lisp as mathematical puzzles. The session was taken by my mentor and co-worker, Alabhya Singh, Alumnus

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-17 Thread Christophe Gragnic
On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:18 AM wrote: > > Too bad. I'm curious now if there was a predecessor to Python as the > mandated computer language. If so, what was it? Hi, Say 5% of the high school teachers used only calculators for programming (yeah, Texas Instr Basic or Casio Basic), 5% used

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-16 Thread Nehal
Hello Christophe, On 4/16/19, Christophe Gragnic wrote: > >> However I am looking for something only based in PicoLisp. > > Indeed MicroAlg is not what you are looking for. > But let me make some suggestions: > 1) Don't underestimate the (natural) language barrier. > Many of my students were

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-16 Thread rick
Hi Christophe! > The project is now stopped because Python must now be used in high > school in France. Too bad. I'm curious now if there was a predecessor to Python as the mandated computer language. If so, what was it? -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-16 Thread pd
Hi Christophe, lot of thanks for your work it's awesome On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 6:50 PM Christophe Gragnic < christophegrag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:20 AM pd wrote: > > > > yes, that it is. A very interesting project specially for education > > Thanks for your

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-16 Thread Christophe Gragnic
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 8:07 PM cilz wrote: > > I guess it's microAlg which you can find here: > http://microalg.info/ > I' dont know if there is an english translation of the website which is > french. Hi, very glad that MicroAlg left some memories here and there! The website, all the

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-15 Thread Nehal
Hi everyone, Thanks for responses. Indeed this website is wonderful. However I am looking for something only based in PicoLisp. Thus I would make such snippets and share beautiful things here for everyone. It seems there are other people looking forward to introduce Lisp to children at an early

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-15 Thread pd
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 8:08 PM cilz wrote: > Hello folks, > > I guess it's microAlg which you can find here: > > http://microalg.info/ > > I' dont know if there is an english translation of the website which is > french. > > yes, that it is. A very interesting project specially for education

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-14 Thread cilz
: eukel...@gmail.comEnvoyé: 14 avril 2019 17:01À: picolisp@software-lab.deRépondre à: picolisp@software-lab.deObjet: Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids I'm aware of the existence of a project based in picolisp and focused on education and learning children, I remember it was developed by french people

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-14 Thread pd
I'm aware of the existence of a project based in picolisp and focused on education and learning children, I remember it was developed by french people but can't remember any name That Project had a web, a web based editor to type code and execute it and also graphic capabilities I cannot

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-14 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Nehal, > Discussion over IRC is a good idea. What time will be best? I think almost any time is good, as there are usually members from east Asia over Europe till the Amerikas. ☺/ A!ex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-13 Thread Nehal
Hello, Thanks for your detailed response. My focus is initiating them in PicoLisp. Also these are young, bright children who are in homeschool, are of 9, 11 ages and will just begin baby steps in Computer Science. All I want is KID LEVEL CODE SNIPPETS. Discussion over IRC is a good idea. What

Re: PicoLisp for 9-11 years' kids

2019-04-13 Thread Joh-Tob Schäg
Hello Nehal, here are several tangent thoughts. First: PicoLisp is great for mathematics, as long as you stay with integers or fractions (frac.l). Working with 2.321 by *Scl is cumbersome and there is no good way to hide the scaling for a new users yet. Even when it is very irritating. I