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From: arxt@tank.uchicago.edu (patrick  palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaBasic
Summary: Need languages for school children, too!
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Date: 14 Jun 90 05:46:06 GMT
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In article <28196@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dill@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Peter Dill) writes:
>In article <2675c414-219d.2comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.UUCP> bleys@tronsbox.UUCP (Bill Cavanaugh) writes:
>>>Hopefully, Commodore will continue to upgrade AmigaBASIC.
>
>   Both Pascal and BASIC are totally lame languages and just encourge the

For better or for worse, school children learn Logowriter, Basic, and
(for the AP computer science test), Pascal.  It seems to me necessary
to have available versions of these languages if one wants to make any
dent in the family computer market.  Otherwise, Commodore presents
exactly the appearance that offends many of us: imagine a potential
customer finding that if he/she buys an A500, all the kids can do with
it is play games.  (We all know that there are a lot of educational
things one can do with computers besides program; but, imagine asking
a typical teacher for advice about this.)

Pat Palmer (email: reply or ppalmer@oddjob.uchicago.edu)