Programming languages

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  • The Laptop comes with Python, as well as a Python interactive shell.
  • Other general-purpose programming languages currently available as Free Software for Linux include LOGO, Smalltalk/gst, Squeak), LISP/Scheme/Guile, Python, Perl, Ruby, Javascript, bash, awk, ocaml, TCL, C, C++, Java, APL/A+/J, FORTH, FORTRAN, Ada, Haskell, Pascal, Erlang, Kaya, Lua, Oz, Ocaml, Pike, Scala, Slate, and SPL.
  • Debian Jr. Programming (junior-programming) is a package of languages meant for children, including Logo and Littlewizard.
  • Research has been done (links needed) on the use of APL, LISP, and LOGO, at least in elementary school classrooms.
Research on Logo
Effects and Efficacy: http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/pubs/papers/research_logo.html
Logo Memos
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/l/luvisi/logo/logo.memos.html