Path: news.media.mit.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!uhog.mit.edu!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!agate!anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU!bh From: bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey) Newsgroups: comp.lang.logo Subject: Re: comp.lang.logo FAQ for December, '93, 2 of 2 Date: 16 Dec 1993 21:24:08 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 22 Message-ID: <2eqjlo$ad5@agate.berkeley.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.cs.berkeley.edu dal3@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (dale.e.parson) writes: >December, 93 comp.lang.logo FAQ, Part 2 of 2 >14: How can kids use Logo for AI work? > [...] > Since Papert felt the existing languages LISP and > FORTRAN were not suitable for elementary AI work with third > or fifth graders he convinced a group at BBN (Bolt, Beranek > an Newman) for which he was doing consulting to create a new > language for children. > [James Gow ] Although Papert's role in the development of Logo was certainly crucial, I think this sentence somewhat overstates it, and understates that of Wally Feurzeig, who organized that group at BBN to create a programming language for kids, and who gave Logo its name. A third leader of the initial Logo group was Dan Bobrow, the most expert AI programmer of the group, and who I believe led the actual implementation effort. On the other hand, Logo has changed a lot since that first version, and most of the later development happened at MIT, unquestionably led by Papert.