Richard, Appreciating your positive spin on happenings, I am. Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org
> On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Richard Gaskin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Richmond wrote: > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25851739#threeG >> >> Why the hell are they teaching Primary kids Python? >> >> This is like teaching kids to drive drag-racers before they >> can walk. > > I agree, but I see this as good news, taking a longer-term view: > > It's a very positive sign that programming is being taken seriously as a key > part of the curriculum at all. Without this first step there would be no > opportunity for LiveCode or anything else at all. > > That these educators would choose a well-known open source language isn't > surprising. > > Over time, LiveCode will also become as popular as Python, and as its > audience grows it'll become increasingly self-evident that it's a far better > choice for teaching introductory programming. > > LiveCode's only been open source for less than a year, so it's really only > been a viable option for orgs who need FOSS tools for a fairly short time. > > This will inevitably change. The benefits of LiveCode are obvious once folks > have the opportunity to try it. > > That will happen. > > Patience, Grasshopper.... > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
