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Logo programming language implementations


The "joke" question Joel asked during podcast #58 made me all nostalgic for Logo, which was the second language I ever programmed in, after Basic, and which is why I never had any trouble with recursion in college.

Are there any implementations of Logo for Windows or Linux (the platforms I can use) or Mac (because I know I'm not alone in this world)? How can I get the Logo programming language for my computer?


Solution

  • I'm teaching my kids LOGO successfully on Windows using Elica LOGO. (Kids ages are presently 12 and 10.)

    The package's strengths include many "advanced" extensions, beyond the basic 2-dimensional turtle. These include 3-D graphics and simple hooks into the Windows widget world. (You can create Windows forms with buttons, etc., from within your LOGO code.)

    Lacks sound/music capability, at least in version 5.5, and the built-in documentation is extensive, with many advanced examples, but it's not very useful in my opinion--due to its incompleteness, and its having many coding examples that contain errors. (But my kids learn more by finding the errors in the programing samples.)