[Edu-sig] re: PyGeo

[Arthur Siegel]

Kirby -

I think we get down to brass tacks a bit.

You write:

> The idea would be for students to learn Python, see how Python
> can implement STRUCK-style concepts (this might include some
> OpenGL stuff -- not clear yet), and then make the transition
> to full-fledged Java (which will seem far more readable and
> comprehensible given the strong background in Python).

My sense of where you and I part company in a fundamental way has nothing to
do with programming, education in general, PyGeo, POV-RAY, or Python.

It has to do with geometry.

You seem intrigued by and devoted to "alternative" geometric concepts.  I
am essentially a Euclid fundamentalist. When I run the world, we probably
throw
away all the Geoemetry texts and go back to Heath's Euclid. I'm only pissed
we have to settle for a translation. Maybe we make ancient Greek a
pre-requisite.

ART