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Re:History of Logo by lou1306 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @06:25PM (#23055387)
One of Logo's derivatives, NetLogo [1], seems to be pretty popular among academics as an agent-based modeling tool. It also has a neat browser interpreter. Worth a look, IMO.

[1]: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/

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Re:History of Logo by _reza on Sunday May 03, 2020 @02:12AM (#23057221)
Santafe institute's 'Introduction to Complexity' online course uses NetLogo to run simulations.
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Re:History of Logo by mestelan on Sunday May 03, 2020 @10:32AM (#23059215)
Their Twitter thread (to be found on the front page) recently announces a block-based interface, similar to Scratch, Snap... Example here: https://t.co/aZKscZAHCS

I am honestly wondering which of these alternatives I should start from, to introduce my 8 and 11 yo to programming. Maybe start obvious (so... Scratch, which is used at their school), then introduce the others as needed?

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