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Games Teaching the Basics of Programming

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hooked-on-programming-worked-for-me dept.

RandomPrecision writes to tell us Wired is reporting that computer programmer Igor Kholodov has created a game designed to make learning the basics of programming fun. From the article 'The board game turns players into skiers who must race down a mountain in the quickest way possible. With each roll of the die, players must follow instructions that are similar to computer program codes. Using basic math, players have to figure out which paths are open to them and then decide the fastest way to the finish line.'"

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  1. my algorithm for C-Jump by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Insightful

    if (story == dupe)
    { game_over(); } // Mod me redundant, whatever, but PLEASE, delete this story from the main page!

  2. This is why.... by David+Horn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... I don't subscribe to Slashdot. I'm happy putting my money into something where I think it's being used, but I get the impression that the editors don't care about the site anymore.

    Go on, mod me as troll or redundant, but the continuous dupes are getting way beyond the amusement factor they used to have.

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  3. Re:Repetitive Learning Pays Off by moonbender · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did you read his essay? He makes no such assertion. The main point he makes (in abstract terms): "The unbridled use of the go to statement has an immediate consequence that it becomes terribly hard to find a meaningful set of coordinates in which to describe the process progress."

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