[Fluxus] [livecode] [Fwd: ms research: boku]

[Dave Griffiths]

I'd really like to see consoles used for more creative purposes, so I
like this a lot. That is a _huge_ difference between kids in the
Commodore era and today, that invitation to hack - the blinking cursor,
I want live coding to be a similar invitation.

Starlogo is a similar effort (from Mitchel Resnick's group at MIT, the
original LOGO guys) with similar goals:
http://education.mit.edu/starlogo-tng/
A version of this is on the OLPC:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Turtle_Art
It also forked into the lego mindstorms language some years ago.

It's interesting to see Microsoft in this area.

I wonder what these people would make of live coding - I'm really
interested in this intersection of games, coding, performance and also
education - I agree, they share an immense amount.

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 11:35 +0100, Martin Ahnelöv wrote:
> Really takes me back to when I started programming with Click-and-play.
> Damn, those where the days.
> 
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> > 
> > hi
> > 
> > just heard interview with Microsoft researcher Matthew MacLaurin about
> > Boku - visual programming language for kids, sort of game engine
> > visual Logo. very cute screenshots, and sounds like a perfect language
> > for live coding:
> > 
> > QUOTE
> > 
> > Boku is designed to eliminate the extraneous housekeeping of
> > programming, and deliver to kids the head-rush of solving a problem
> > and seeing a program work. There are no possible syntax errors; the
> > only programs it's possible to create are correct ones. Programs can
> > run quickly after they're created.
> > 
> > UNQUOTE
> > 
> > look at
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boku_%28software%29
> > 
> > but don't read it, follow the links at the bottom to pages with
> > screenshots, because those show the language better then text mockups.
> > 
> > and another cute quote:
> > 
> > QUOTE
> > 
> > He projected a screenshot of the Commodore, with its tiny memory, and
> > monochrome display with a black background, which, he said, signified
> > infinite possibility. He singled out the blinking cursor for
> > particular affection.
> > 
> > "It's like your dog waiting for you at the end of the day, saying,
> > 'C'mon, I've been waiting for you all day! Let's play! Let's write
> > some code!'" MacLaurin said.
> > 
> > UNQUOTE
> > 
> > awwww (^_^)
> > 
>