Re: [Marxism] One Laptop per Child

[Craig Brozefsky <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ehrbar <ehrbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Craig wrote, in jest:
> 
> > Ok, now I know you're an agent of imperialism if you want those poor
> > kids to learn python -- the slowest of the "scripting languages", with
> > a resident image so big that the base Sugar install takes up like half
> > the system RAM when running.  It doesn't even have macros!  Every
> > red-blooded marxist-lambdaist knows that it should have been scheme,
> > and Bigloo scheme at that.  So fast, so sweet, so french!
> 
> Python is simple enough that even kids can learn it, and with its
> libraries it is powerful enough that many production applications are
> written in python.  And it is a clean language which teaches them good
> object-oriented programming style.  And it is quite elegant.

Ok, I thought that paragraph was clearly marked as a troll.  I'm well
aware of the accepted ideas regarding Python and the justifications
laid out with regards to it being chosen as the base for Sugar.  I
don't think this is the proper forum for us to run thru a critique of
that decision, nor am I really interested in it other than as geeky
entertainment (which is welcome offlist).  Besides, the rest of this
conversation is so much juicier!

-- 
Sincerely, Craig Brozefsky              <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
what a klon  - neko           http://www.red-bean.com/~craig
Less matter, more form!                       - Bruno Schulz
ignazz, I am truly korrupted by yore sinful tzourceware. -jb

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