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Re:PythonTurtle - the most low-threshold way for learning/te... by sp332 on Saturday August 01, 2009 @12:59PM (#736412)
They're called turtles because, back in the day, they were actual robots that looked like turtles. http://www.ias.uwe.ac.uk/Robots/gwonline/gwonline.html
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Re:PythonTurtle - the most low-threshold way for learning/te... by kierank on Saturday August 01, 2009 @01:37PM (#736450)
Yep, they had one of those at my primary school.
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