Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Paul E Bennett Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Program or be Programmed ! Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 20:54:13 +0000 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <98f287f7-fc54-4cd6-95c5-3c62100c89fd@googlegroups.com> <43dadfc9-2e26-4e57-8a0e-4489ab2cde66@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net +Gisc/d+5omqJOxf7w/ZHgdYGq35gpM+02JUFmQzkbTg9rnfcc Cancel-Lock: sha1:l80TJiyjgfL/W02Yidkxgq8sPaU= User-Agent: KNode/4.11.4 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:34905 the_gavino_himself wrote: [%X] >> I managed to outline the very basics of Forth to a 5 year-old at a recent >> Imagineering Exhibition. In about 5 minutes spent with him he managed to >> grasp the concepts of the parameter stack and postfix operations. >> >> He was, to admit, quite bright in that he had suggested a small >> modification to the programme I was running on the stand. I was >> displaying a sine-wave of asterix characters scrolling continuously down >> the screen. 3 lines of code generated the sine-wave (and cosine) numbers >> and the other 30 or so lines did scaling and arrangements for its >> display. I was showing the source code in a separate window. >> >> With a bit of role play in the class-room and the aid of a few blocks and >> sheets of acrylic and some dry marker pens (shame we can't use chalk >> anymore) Forth would be a very good language to teach our primary school >> children. It would probably not take many sessions of this before you >> could let them loose on a Forth on a computer and have them programming >> for real. There are some tutorial books that can help the teachers at >> this level too. > > sounds wishful Not that wishful Gav. I have run some of the ideas by some ex-teachers and have some contacts in the Teacher Training arena. The 5 year-old was probably easier to deal with. I know the real challenge is teaching the teachers on how to approach the material. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET..... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy............. Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************