From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-01-28T13:51:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby IDE for Windows 98?

On 1/27/07, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Graphics are, in my opinion, the most "fun" kind of artistic programming,
> > > and the one where nice results are the simplest to get (and also, one where
> > > advanced programming yields even better results, see for example fractals or
> > > the amazing demos a pascal teacher I had showed us, with a 3D flaming ball
> > > or a waving flag...).
> >
> > I have to admit, I started with the BASIC drawing commands on a
> > Commodore Plus/4 :)
>
> Personally, if I was going to teach somebody programming today, I'd
> use either Lego Mindstorms, or one of those "Bobot" kits. (Commands in
> BASIC delivered via serial cable.)

Mindstorms is a decent approach because you could move from graphical
programming to something like nqc