Shelly – a programming language to draw in the browser • Hacker News Board

kashishgrover wrote: post #2

Ah, this brings back memories from my childhood. The first programming language I ever used was Logo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) . This was sometime back in 2002-2003 when I was 7 or 8 years old. We had very basic PCs in my school, many of which were purely DOS based. This is a great tool to teach kids programming!

Same here. Logo was my first programming language at 9 or 10 back in 1989 in eastern Europe. Long live Logo. Kids nowadays ought to have a similar intro

Re: Shelly – a programming language to draw in the browser

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Post by m-ueberall » Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 6:55 AM UTC

I wonder why there's not a single reference to Logo (see the Wikipedia topic mentioned in another topic) to be found?

Re: Shelly – a programming language to draw in the browser

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Post by metrokoi » Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 7:36 AM UTC

Very interesting! I remember programming Logo turtle instructions on iMac G3s. I do wish the author would have provided a repository or at least some information on how it was built. Usually HN users are more interested in how it works than using the actual tool or application.

Re: Shelly – a programming language to draw in the browser

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Post by metrokoi » Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 7:41 AM UTC

agigao wrote: post #15

Can we please stop calling every new set of rules “a programming language”?

It would be more accurate to call this a programming based drawing tool or a learning tool. The thing that makes this unique is the features and being able to draw in the browser, not the actual language or rules itself.

Re: Shelly – a programming language to draw in the browser

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Post by a_imho » Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 7:47 AM UTC

grugagag wrote: post #16

kashishgrover wrote: post #2

Ah, this brings back memories from my childhood. The first programming language I ever used was Logo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) . This was sometime back in 2002-2003 when I was 7 or 8 years old. We had very basic PCs in my school, many of which were purely DOS based. This is a great tool to teach kids programming!

Same here. Logo was my first programming language at 9 or 10 back in 1989 in eastern Europe. Long live Logo. Kids nowadays ought to have a similar intro

Logo was such a common denominator when I was in primary. Two decades later I was sent a resume with Logo skills listed, it was an obvious inside joke, but picking up on it ensured we started off on the very right foot.