[Edu-sig] re: Why is Logo popular, while Python isn't? (was "using Python for a CS 2 course" )

[Arthur]

I had written -

>And other than needing to compromise on speed issues (I am doing 3d
graphics) I have yet to come across anythng I >wanted to accomplish that I
couldn't  get done in Python in a way that ended up seeming succinct and
elegant.  Though I am >not doing anything tremendously sophisticated, of
course.

I should add to that, the ability to do something equivalent to Java
web-based applets - that is without giving up my access to C based Python
libraries, like Numeric and VPython.

Not a feature request - just verbalizing.

Art