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April 24

Has anybody here tried the programming language called Lava?

Is anyone here familiar with the programming language and environment called Lava? The WP article was nominated for deletion once (result: no consensus). Notability aside, I don't find the article amazing. Has anyone tried the language? Is it worth checking out? Thanks. Basemetal 20:17, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

I've seen it suggested for a project. We went with Lego instead because most of the group felt that the children would prefer making Lego robots move around instead of just seeing some image on a screen wiggle. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 11:21, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Don't think it's the same Lava. I mean this Lava This says there's another Lava (an extension of Java?) or even several other Lava? but the link provided is dead. But thanks. The Lava of the WP article was designed by this guy. But the mere fact that it's so hard to get any opinion shows that Lava would probably not be a safe choice for me at this time. Lego that's Lego Mindstorms? Basemetal 13:56, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

I was referring to the same Lava. It uses pictures to program instead of text. That is why we looked at it for kids. Mindstorm uses pictures as well, which is what we decided to go with. In my opinion (which isn't cool in modern time), if you are learning to program, learn C or C++. Then, you can pick up any other language by simply looking at a reference guide. Anecdote: I was asked if I could do a project in Ada. Sure. I then looked at a guide on Ada. I easily picked up the syntax and did the job. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 17:35, 25 April 2018 (UTC)