Learning to Code with a Boardgame

markmcb writes "While some of us cling tight to our memories of Apple-filled classrooms playing The Oregon Trail and driving our Turtle around in Logo, children today have many other ways to learn about the inner-working of computers and the code that drives them. Wired.com is running an interesting article about a boardgame in which players must use simple logic similar to that used in programming to get their skier down the mountain. From the article: 'Using basic math, players have to figure out which paths are open to them and then decide the fastest way to the finish line. The trick, however, is learning which paths are open to you using only programmer jargon like 'if (X==1)' then you can take the green path or 'while (X4) you can take the orange path,' where X is the roll of the die.'"

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Re:Biocomputing

[Doc Ruby]

Yeah, I can remember the 1970s, back when people still took drugs and drank alcohol, never having any fun. So boring. Not like now, when virgins can post anonymous drivel to Slashdot. You'd make a terrible philosopher anyway, if anyone still had the patience to think before they spoke.