Re: Zigzag

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael!

>I know that Ted has asked his 
>students to use it in their classes.
>
>What's been done, what's doing, ...?

My students have been doing small projects in ZigZag,
 and seem to love it.  I'm very surprised at the
 quality and understanding.

>I'm wondering what people are doing with it, and what kind of 
>projects to give these students.  I know that Ted has asked his 
>students to use it in their classes.

>... what would be really interesting or 
>useful to do?  

That's one of those short questions that I could write
 several books on.  Hey, sky's the limit.

Unforch I haven't had ANY time to write about it,
 including the guidelines, mappings, plans etc.

>I'm wondering ... what kind of 
>projects to give these students.  

Based on my experience of today, I would say
 whatever gets their imaginations working.
 Assign them to Do Some New Subject in it.

>Also, is there any particular language that best works (connects) 
>with it?  What kind of hooks are available to build on top of the 
>ZigZag system?

Currently, the recommended extension method
 is to write new cells in Perl.  These could in turn
 call outside modules, of course, in C or whatever.

All the best, T


At 09:26 AM 10/19/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I have been too swamped since April to really keep up with the 
>Zigzag events.  I'm going to try to devote 1-2 students to work on 
>it next semester.
>
>I'm wondering what people are doing with it, and what kind of 
>projects to give these students.  I know that Ted has asked his 
>students to use it in their classes.
>
>What's been done, what's doing, what would be really interesting or 
>useful to do?  
>
>What comes to mind is to build a full application (or at least an 
>interface) on top of it.
>
>Also, is there any particular language that best works (connects) 
>with it?  What kind of hooks are available to build on top of the 
>ZigZag system?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michael
>
>
>
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