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On Tuesday 07 August 2012 01:36 AM, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:<br>
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> On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Kartik Kumar
<<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kartik.peri@gmail.com">kartik.peri@gmail.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kartik.peri@gmail.com"><mailto:kartik.peri@gmail.com></a>>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi All,<br>
><br>
> I was thinking of an Activity for Sugar using which children
can write programs in C and C++ and execute them. <br>
><br>
><br>
> Why? Why, poor kids?! :)<br>
><br>
> Jokes aside, I don't think is a good idea:<br>
> * C is more difficult to learn than python.<br>
> * In the images there are not gcc and make.<br>
> * Compiled c code is dependent of the platform, <br>
> and we do not have a good solution to multiplatform binaries
in the activities.<br>
><br>
> Why you think, learning C can be good for kids?<br>
></span><br>
<br>
Not saying that learning C is particularly good (or better than
python), it is still the defacto programming language taught at
nearly all schools in India atleast (in higher secondary levels)<br>
<br>
So, while learning C might not be a good idea (when compared with
python), it would be better than not learning at all ;-)<br>
<br>
and the point of free s/w is scratching your itch ;-)<br>
<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Create a IDE with the
simplicity needed by the sugar design is a challenge. <br>
> If you want help with a development tool to write python
activities,<br>
> check <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://git.sugarlabs.org/develop">http://git.sugarlabs.org/develop</a><br>
></span><br>
<br>
+1 or there are plenty of ideas around developing pippy
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Quozl">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Quozl</a>) as well :-)<br>
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<span style="white-space: pre;">> Gonzalo<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> This is similar to Pippy activity but this activity will use
GCC for compilation and execution of these programs created by
children.<br>
><br>
> We can present them with such features:<br>
> 1. Use pre-existing code snippets( from Journal)<br>
> 2. Write custom code<br>
> 3. Compilation and Execution<br>
><br>
> Please provide your inputs whether this seems useful with
classroom perspective and is worth taking it further?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Kartik Perisetla<br>
><br>
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Anish Mangal<br>
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