Re: LOGO for the Mac ?

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From: Ephraim Vishniac
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1991 14:11

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In article <40930@cup.portal.com> gort@cup.portal.com (george d harrington) writes:
>Actually, LOGO was invented by Seymour Papert at MIT. I believe he was
>influenced by the ideas of Piaget. Papert also invented the LEGO construction
>blocks.

No, he didn't.  He did, however, receive an endowment from the
manufacturer of Lego blocks. There was extensive coverage in the
papers here when the "Lego chair" was endowed. Someone even built
Papert a chair out of Legos for the occasion.
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