Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut...
by panglott on Monday August 01, 2016 @10:42AM
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I have always found polish notation simple because it is so consistent.
The problem seems like the problem with Clojure (instead of say Racket) would be the uninformative error messages.
Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut...
by bshimmin on Monday August 01, 2016 @11:57AM
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One problem is that kids, at least in the UK, are taught to say "one plus one" not "plus one one".
Re:Show HN: Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tut...
by panglott on Monday August 01, 2016 @12:05PM
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Sure, but when I was new to Lisp, I mentally read it as "add one to one". The first element of the expression is a verb, not a preposition.
This might be good thing to discuss in a tutorial aimed at kids.
strong math knowledge needed to understand it. polish notation could be also confusing.