Joseph, Yes, that part of the language was based on python, as we really couldn't think of any way to make it simpler. I mean, at the end of the day, you can't get easier than just print! You can also say say "Hello, World" which patches through to the screen reader and input("What do you want to get") which pulls up an accessible window that coordinates with the screen reader and returns text Our first release of Sodbeans, version 1.0, is (scarily), a week from tomorrow. Stefik On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > Sounds similar to Python's syntax... If that works great, I guess that > should be an intro version for beginners... Thanks for this tip. > Cheers, > Joseph > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Stefik > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:23 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Programming Preferences Was RE: I feel like giving up on > programming altogether! > > In the language we are distributing in Sodbeans (Called Hop) to > schools for the blind, hello world is done like this: > > print "Hello, World!" > > When you run that in the debugger, it outputs to the screen reader, > "Hello, World was printed to the console." You can then go to the > console and verify, if you really want to. > > Stefik > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.439 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2973 - Release Date: 06/30/10 > 18:38:00 > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind