From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2006-11-03T08:09:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Just a question to throw out there...

On Nov 2, 2006, at 4:20 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Nov 2, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Tim Pease wrote:
>
>> I learned programming as a kid with Logo and its turtle graphics.
>
> Me too.  I've thought of doing a subset of a Logo implementation as  
> a Ruby Quiz.  It's not too tough and pretty darn fun.

Yes, Ruby makes implementing turtle graphics both easy and fun. It  
just so happens that I started working on a Ruby/Tk turtle graphics  
package today.

I think it would make a great quiz, but I also think it would violate  
your less-than-two-hour-to-implement rule. Although it involves  
nothing difficult, there are  lots of details to be attended to.  
Maybe, it's just because I'm slow, but I expect I'll have four or  
five hours in it before my turtle draws it first square on a Tk canvas.

Regards, Morton