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<DIV>> And your PyGeo<BR>> http://pw1.netcom.com/~ajs/<BR>> is a great example of that kind of constructivist tool Alan Kay <BR>> and <BR>> Seymour Papert and so on would admire as a Geometry Microworld. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>But the fact remains that the only thing I have be willing to say about PyGeo with any sense of definiteness</DIV>
<DIV> is that *building* it was an extraordinary learning experience.</DIV>
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<DIV>Though I am confident that just the right person, at just the right time, with just the right background, and </DIV>
<DIV>just the right motivation would gain much from exploring and using it.</DIV>
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<DIV>And it is waiting for that person to find, just at that right time.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks to modern technology.</DIV>
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<DIV>And a supply chain concept, where I know that my learning experience was dependant on the *free* in many senses of the word </DIV>
<DIV>availilbilty of others' contributed intellectual property, leaving me little moral choice other than to try to feed that supply.</DIV>
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<DIV>*That* did not start at Xerox, as far as I know.</DIV>
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<DIV>And goes a lot more to the essence of how we might possibly manage to get from here to there than does keyword syntax issues, for</DIV>
<DIV>example.</DIV>
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<DIV>I think you are correct as seeing Python as both a manifestation of that energy source, and as a contributor to it, in good turn.</DIV>
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<DIV>And are right to be intrigued.</DIV>
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<DIV>It seems most probably true that my own educational philosophy, and that, say, of Guido's may have little to nothing in common.</DIV>
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<DIV>Shouldn't matter, and - as far as I am concerned - it has come to not matter. </DIV>
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<DIV>Can't believe Squeakland can ever evolve there, and so that it can never play in the same way.</DIV>
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<DIV>Too bad for Squeakland.</DIV>
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<DIV>Playing is good.</DIV>
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<DIV>For children of all ages.</DIV>
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<DIV>Art</DIV>
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