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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Why Johnny can?t code |
| Date | 2014-09-03 14:38 -0400 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1409031436440.11910@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <lu4bto$o3j$2@dont-email.me> <87d2be3zow.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <lu4n2l$isp$1@dont-email.me> <c6mgbcFrso0U3@mid.individual.net> <slrnm0e9ci.3uo.greymausg@dmaus.org> |
On Wed, 3 Sep 2014, greymaus wrote: > On 2014-09-02, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote: >> On 2014-09-02, Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote: >>> HGR:FOR I=0 TO 1 STEP 0:HCOLOR=RND(1)*8:HPLOT RND(1)*280,RND(1)*160 TO >>> RND(1)*280,RND(1)*160:NEXT I >>> >>> and get something right away. The only other possibly interactive >>> programming language with graphics capability that comes to mind is >>> PostScript, but that's about all that it does. >> >> If you tried to teach kids postscript they'd change disciplines and go >> study anthropology or gender studies or something, or maybe slit their >> wrists. Postscript isn't fun. TeX isn't either. >> >> I learned Pascal and FORTRAN-77 back in the day. Why can't those be >> taught? Pascal was pretty darned simple. > > Postscript is not fun, its not supposd to be,You have utilites for that. > Amending a `raw' Postscript file is work for idiots. > I thought the only proponent of Postscript as a general programming language was Don Lancaster. But then, he had an Apple laserprinter that had a more powerful CPU than the original Macintosh, more memory, and eventually he had a model that had a hard drive built in. And he had it hooked up to an Apple II. No wonder he thought that Postscript was a good language, he had way more power in the laserprinter than in his computer. Michael
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Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 10:02 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-09-02 12:23 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-09-02 14:43 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-02 16:40 +0200
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-03 12:43 +1000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-02 15:17 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-02 18:24 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 21:01 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code greymaus <greymausg@mail.com> - 2014-09-03 14:55 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-09-03 18:04 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-03 14:38 -0400
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-03 19:55 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-03 17:33 -0400
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-03 21:35 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-04 15:24 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-04 20:17 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 18:56 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-03 20:59 +0200
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 18:45 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-09-02 20:50 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-03 21:05 +0200
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-02 16:56 +0200
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-09-02 16:09 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-04 14:57 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-09-04 15:24 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can't code Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-09-05 02:33 -0300
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-02 14:08 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 20:55 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-02 21:02 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-02 23:07 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-04 10:58 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-04 11:09 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-04 11:17 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-04 22:58 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 11:38 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-05 13:55 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 20:02 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-04 14:28 +0300
Re: Why Johnny can?t code RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2014-09-04 20:27 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-04 19:55 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-04 22:50 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 11:37 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-09-05 13:05 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 15:22 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-05 13:48 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 20:09 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-03 12:26 +1000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2014-09-04 00:34 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-04 15:01 +0000
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