On 27 Jun 2006 at 4:30, edu-sig-request@python.org wrote:

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I always viewed Logo as a means to introduce programming within Logo's environment ... but not really practical outside of this (unlike Python). I may have been prejudiced due to ignorance there.

I don't think Papert is interested at all in Logo as a "language" but only as a possible vehicule for the maths and exploration concepts behind it (to produce "hard-fun" "tools to think with"/ microworlds / differential/kinesthesic approach, etc ). That's why I think it could have a great future with Python inside the "turtles" concepts.

I'm guessing that you are correct in this. Papert has never shown much interest in Logo as a language. I've only seen him write to the LogoForum once (a couple of weeks ago) and in the OLPC project he is not pushing for Logo in it, but has started a section in the wiki called "Learning learning". Daniel