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I know I never post, but this is far too beautiful not to link to, and you should read it.
http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/
(I like it totally independent of the random dig at the practicality of type theory, near the end. But I did laugh.)
http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/
(I like it totally independent of the random dig at the practicality of type theory, near the end. But I did laugh.)
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Maybe Processing is a good step in that direction, or StarLogo...
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*inspired!*
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At Mozilla, there's someone who showed people this page as an argument for why they should come work for Mozilla.
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... but I don't think it's great for this sort of task, playing with algorithms at different levels of abstraction -- making a program with Scratch is a pretty concrete exercise?
(kids, once they get into it, can make some pretty crazy stuff...)