Post by Omar Rizwan (@omar@social.omar.website)

Logo as a product of its time

people are way more optimistic about learning transfer than is warranted. some kind of wishful thinking

> Even if it transfers it doesn’t lead to interesting programs

> Its also the weakest point about logo, that turtle graphics don’t actually resonate anymore, it was a product of its time when computing graphics was a novelty

@omar Even in 1983 when we were taught it in library class and the main output of the session was a printed copy of our drawings, I remember thinking "but I could do this way faster with a pen and a ruler!"

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