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John Vlissides

John Vlissides, of GoF fame, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2005, after a lengthy illness.

More on John on the wiki page dedicated to his memory.

Interesting Logo Site: Elica

It's been a long while since I've looked at Logo. Somehow I ended up here. Logo is often considered only a toy language. But, while it doesn't have the expressiveness of it's closest cousins Scheme and Lisp, simplicity has it's place.

In primary/secondary education, Squeak Smalltalk seems to be taking away the Logo mindshare (at least it seems this way). Is this true?