The next wave of programming languages
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The next wave of programming languages
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#2Newspeak looks really fascinating. Relavent paper:
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#3I found Kodu very interesting. It's a graphical programming language by Microsoft Labs, that allows kids to create games. It runs on the XBox and uses only the XBox controller.
The XBox part turned me off right away, because that's the last thing I need in my house while we're homeschooling our children, however, I found a free academic version that runs on the PC: http://fuse.microsoft.com/projects-kodu.html
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#4I found Kodu very interesting. It's a graphical programming language by Microsoft Labs, that allows kids to create games. It runs on the XBox and uses only the XBox controller. The XBox part turned me off right away, because that's the last thing I need in my house while we're homeschooling our children, however, I found a free academic version that runs on the PC: http://fuse.microsoft.com/projects-kodu.html
Out of curiosity, why would having an XBox in your home be a problem? I was homeschooled (though only in high school) with several consoles in our house, and it doesn't seem to have been a problem. I wasn't allowed to goof off school time on video games any more than I could have played my Game Boy in a public school classroom.
edit: I suppose a more clear question would be: What is it specific to homeschooling that you don't like about the XBox? Or am I reading too much into your comment?
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#5Newspeak looks really fascinating. Relavent paper: http://bracha.org/newspeak.pdf
Yeah, but that picture on the website doesn't really make me want to try it, benefits of the language nothwithstanding... :-(
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#6Newspeak looks really fascinating. Relavent paper: http://bracha.org/newspeak.pdf
Yeah, but that picture on the website doesn't really make me want to try it, benefits of the language nothwithstanding... :-( ( http://bracha.org/Site/Newspeak.html )
Downvote me all you want, but if I go to a web page and the first thing I see is dead chicken plastered onto a wall, I close that page.
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#7In that list, Clojure is the language that excites me the most. It's a modern, pragmatic Lisp ready for the multiprocessor world. You can do a lot worse than trying it out if you haven't already.
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#8Newspeak looks really fascinating. Relavent paper: http://bracha.org/newspeak.pdf
Yeah, but that picture on the website doesn't really make me want to try it, benefits of the language nothwithstanding... :-( ( http://bracha.org/Site/Newspeak.html )
Don't downvote him. He is absolutely right. The picture on that page is a major WTF and it doesn't offer a great first impression to the visitor interested in the language.
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#9Newspeak looks really fascinating. Relavent paper: http://bracha.org/newspeak.pdf
Yeah, but that picture on the website doesn't really make me want to try it, benefits of the language nothwithstanding... :-( ( http://bracha.org/Site/Newspeak.html )
I hate to be critical, but I really wish programming languages would show code samples more prominently. I like how factor does it: http://factorcode.org/
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, but that picture on the website doesn't really make me want to try it, benefits of the language nothwithstanding... :-( ( http://bracha.org/Site/Newspeak.html )
Downvote me all you want, but if I go to a web page and the first thing I see is dead chicken plastered onto a wall, I close that page.
You just made me look at that page. I was about to email it to a friend when I realized that newspeak's real home page doesn't have any dead chicken pictures:
http://newspeaklanguage.org/