brian_harvey

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   by brian_harvey 5d ago

   A note to those commenters who complain that visual programming doesn't help you learn software engineering: Right, you aren't our target audience. We're after the people who aren't going to major in computer science in
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   by brian_harvey 5d ago

   There's no need to type the word "lambda" into Snap!. As befits a visual language, we have a visual representation of lambda; it's the gray ring that you sometimes see surrounding an expression or a script. It's a
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   by brian_harvey 5d ago

   I have to clarify that the Snap! implementation is 99% the work of Jens Mönig. It was 100% Jens for the first two major releases, back when it was called BYOB ("build your own blocks") and was an extension of the Scratch source c
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   by brian_harvey 5d ago

   The documentation problem is entirely my fault. I managed to stay up to date through version 8.0, but then so many things happened so quickly that I got swamped. Then I got depressed and gave up. Also I made the mistake of writing the man
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   by brian_harvey 5d ago

   Not to mention first class continuations! :) Thanks!