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Programming Language

Logo

Functional Language

Logo is an educational programming language best known for turtle graphics, in which commands move an on-screen cursor, or turtle, to draw lines and vector graphics. It was created by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon in 1967 to teach programming concepts related to Lisp, using what Papert called body-syntonic reasoning, where a student understands the turtle movement by imagining moving as the turtle would. Logo is dynamically typed and multi-paradigm, drawing on functional, educational, procedural and reflective styles. Its name comes from the Greek word logos, meaning word or thought, coined by Feurzeig while he was at Bolt, Beranek and Newman.

Facts
First Released
1967 1
Significance
Widely known for turtle graphics 2
Execution Model
Interpreted 2
Classification
Typing Discipline
Dynamically Typed 1
Connections

Follows Typing Discipline

Dynamic Typing, Concepts

In Field

Programming Language Theory, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Logo (programming language)

Influenced

Microsoft Small Basic, Programming Languages
Source Microsoft Small Basic (Wikipedia)
Processing, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Processing
Rebol, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: REBOL
Scratch (programming language), Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Scratch
Smalltalk, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Smalltalk
UCBLogo, Programming Languages
Source UCBLogo (Wikipedia)

Invented By

Cynthia Solomon, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Logo (programming language)

Predecessor Of

UCBLogo, Programming Languages
Source UCBLogo (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Developed By

BBN Technologies

Also in Business Atlas: the developer of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikidata: Logo
  • Wikidata Q201436, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q201436 P571 (inception)
  • Wikidata Q201436 P7078 (typing discipline)
  • Wikidata Q201436, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
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2. Wikipedia: Logo (programming language)
  • Infobox, First released
    1967
  • Lead paragraph
    A general-purpose language, Logo is widely known for its use of turtle graphics, in which commands for movement and drawing produced line or vector graphics, either on screen or with a small robot termed a turtle.
  • Lead section
    Logo is an educational programming language, designed in 1967 by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Solomon.
  • Article text
    Logo is usually an interpreted language, although compiled Logo dialects (such as Lhogho and Liogo) have been developed.
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead sentence
    Logo is an educational programming language, designed in 1967 by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Solomon.
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Wikidata: Processing
Influenced: ProcessingView the Source
Wikidata: REBOL
Influenced: RebolView the Source
Wikidata: Scratch
Influenced: Scratch (programming language)View the Source
Microsoft Small Basic (Wikipedia)
Influenced: Microsoft Small Basic, Libraries, Turtle graphics
Quote, Influenced: Microsoft Small Basic, Libraries, Turtle graphics
Small Basic includes a "Turtle" graphics library that borrows from the Logo family of programming languages.
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UCBLogo (Wikipedia)
  • Influenced: UCBLogo, Lead
    UCBLogo, also termed Berkeley Logo, is a programming language, a dialect of Logo, which is derived from Lisp.
  • Predecessor Of: UCBLogo, Lead, dialect of Logo
    UCBLogo, also termed Berkeley Logo, is a programming language, a dialect of Logo, which is derived from Lisp.
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