[Edu-sig] CTL: Computer Thinking Language

[Charles Cossé]

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM, David MacQuigg <macquigg at ece.arizona.edu> wrote:

> I think the problem may be a need to avoid favoring one language over another.  Any time you make a proposal to use a specific language, you get immediate opposition from folks who favor another language.

What would help most here is if big users of python, i.e. NASA,
Google, and other household names, assisted in touting the benefits of
python ... (perhaps in the same sense as the concept of a "God"
allowed civilization to expand ... i.e. "Don't listen to me ... listen
to Him!" )

> I can see the need for a CTL, and I wouldn't object to it being something other than Python, and I'm all in favor of being "fair" to the other languages.  The one requirement I would insist on is that the language "compute"...
>

Alternative idea: Rename/Nickname Python -> "CTL"  ... and before
somebody else does!

-Charlie

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