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Re:Lisping at JPL (2002) by qznc on Saturday January 18, 2020 @06:25PM (#22088111)
The point of Logo is not to teach programming but to teach geometry. At least that is what I took from the Paperts Mindstorms book. I never had Logo in school myself.
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Re:Lisping at JPL (2002) by kamaal on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:12PM (#22089146)
Yup. Turtle Geometry is a great book on this.

However if you dig deeper geometry is just the beginning eventual goal is to teach you to simulate movement of insects around light, predator-hunted scenarios etc.

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