∞ May Seymour Papert Rest in Peace
Seymour Papert, whose ideas and inventions transformed how millions of children around the world create and learn, died Sunday, July 31, 2016 at his home in East Blue Hill, Maine. He was 88.
In the late 1960s, at a time when computers still cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, Papert came up with the idea for Logo, the first programming language for children.
Logo was my first programming language I ever used. Although I didn't know what I was doing back then, it had certainly influenced me as a person. May Seymour Papert rest in peace.