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Re^3: How to introduce 8 year olds to (Perl) programming?by poqui (Deacon) |
| on May 10, 2005 at 15:54 UTC ( [id://455625]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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I love LEGO::RCX. The original programming environment is very object-like, you stick pre programmed modules together in a graphical interface thats simple and fun to use.
However, there are a couple of things missing: Variables, and flexibility. But once your child gets to the point of wanting those things, there are other programming languages available for the RCX. NQC (Not Quite C) is a great next step, and gets the programmer into using variables and counters. There are a couple of good books on the Mindstorms robots, and programming them in RCX, NQC and other languages. Plus the Legos are still fun to play with. :-) I just realized that this was my 100th writeup. Thanks perlmonks for being here! :-)
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