[IP] Try coding this in a 4KB ROM!
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From: Harry Saal <Harry@xxxxxxxx>
Date: September 29, 2005 1:33:35 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Try coding this in a 4KB ROM!
Didn't BillG get his start writing a BASIC interpreter?
Full article at http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?
articleId=171201457
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Microsoft Pushes Kid's Programming Language
By Alexander Wolfe, TechWeb News
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Microsoft has signed on to promote a new programming language
intended to replace BASIC as the first step students take towards
learning how to code.
The Kid's Programming Language, or KPL, was developed under the
direction of Jonah Stagner, and his colleagues, ex-Microsoft program
manager Jon Schwartz and former NCR engineer Walt Morrison. The three
run the software consultancy Morrison-Schwartz Inc.
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Indeed, KPL's affinity for .NET, and the fact that it runs only on
Windows, may be the big reason Microsoft is supporting the new
language. "Microsoft's major interest is, they want to bring another
generation of talented programmers to the world," said Morrison. "And
they want them using their platforms. It makes sense to us, too. We
believe in the .NET environment. We've been using it for the last
four years and that's where we want our kids to go."
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