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by Charon77 399 days ago
This is still being taught at schools in my country even now
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Lucky kids, as much as Scratch has replaced Logo, Logo fosters deeper thinking.
LOGO is a LISP. https://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/logo_p...

https://courses.cs.duke.edu/spring06/cps108/Calendar/11_desi...

> Logo is a computer programming language designed to teach programming to children. It is a user-friendly, interpreted language, designed with a "low floor, high ceiling"; in other words, the designers of Logo intended for the language to allow novice programmers to get started quickly writing programs but also wanted the language to be powerful and extensive for more advanced users.