[IP] Try coding this in a 4KB ROM!

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Harry Saal <Harry@saal.org>
Date: September 29, 2005 1:33:35 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
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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