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  1. Task: programming
  2. Depends: ucblogo, python2.3, python2.3-doc, python-tk, python-mode, idle, drscheme
  3. Description: Debian Jr. programming
  4. The emphasis for this sampling of programming packages for children
  5. is first on simple interpreted languages. Also important for using
  6. languages with children are good documentation, and some ability to
  7. produce visual programs without too much effort. It is by no means
  8. a complete list, and your are encouraged to explore other languages
  9. with children as well.
  10. .
  11. The Logo language is specifically designed for children, with a strong
  12. emphasis on the visual and concrete, while Python is recognized as
  13. a good language to teach programming with, has very good docs, and
  14. a number of different gui bindings, Tk being the most common so that
  15. is what is included here.