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Once upon a time, in a far far past !
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I had discovered the Logo language as I was about 10 years old.
It was the age of the MO5.
For the nostalgics, you can find a MO5 emulator
here and a gallery
of the MO5 and all it's comtemporary at
mo5.com.
Here is an example of my great creativity brean-storming:
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Logo is still alive
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I have taken about 10 years more, but Logo is still here.
There is a lot of logo interpreteur, either on GNU/Linux or on
Windows.
The best known on Linux is probably
ucblogo.
There is also Java programs/applets. For example,
jLogo or
Turtle Tracks.
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Why a new program ?
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So why writing a new Logo interpreter ?
Firstly because none of them were satisfaying me:
+ Some are too hard to use (or not enough intuitive)
for beginning users,
+ Some others are not enough stable
(I think of java applets)
And finally because :)
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And why should you used Logo, huh ?
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You are professor, parent, or just a kid surfing on the web (it's not good, were are your parents? :).
So stop moving - Logo is made for you.
Logo has several advantages:
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you can learn arithmetic and geometry in a funny way
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It can demystify computers and the way they work.
After all, writting a program in Logo or in C is quite the same !
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And why choosing lafontaine, huh ?
(I think I'm repeating here)
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Because it's mine! ;)
Well, it's quite simplistic. Maybe these arguments will convince you
more:
+ the interface is easy to apprehend,
+ there is a specific Logo language version for each country,
+ Lafontaine is highly portable (by using the gtk
library)
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Help !!
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Lafontaine is far from being complete. I actively search for testing
or porting people, translators, drawers (it would be nice a logo for my turtle, no?), musicians, and all volunteers.
If you want to help me, or simply say me hello, contact me at
guillaume@bour.cc <http://guillaume.bour.cc>
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