ActionScript as a teaching language

[Peter]

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
> If I were to be teaching a language, I'd want:
> * block structure
> * painless associative arrays/hashes (computers aren't just about
>   numbers)
> * typelessness, for the most part (1 equals "1"; don't make me
>   have to worry about details)
> * flexible and obvious data structure definition/use (I love Perl's
>   flexibility here, but the syntax would be odious to explain)
> * simple graphics capabilities (maybe I'm showing my age here, but
>   the ability to draw stuff without having to worry about OS
>   dependencies would be a big help; people like pretty pictures)
> * copious and sensible debugging/error messages.

SWI Prolog + parser/lexer library + Tk bindings ?

Peter
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