Logo graphics as a mathematical environment
Harold H. Abelson · 1976
The graphics commands included in the Logo computer language do not rely on a global coordinate system. Descriptions of geometric figures in Logo tend therefore to be more procedural than descriptions arising with most other computer graphics implementations, and couched in terms of properties which are intrinsic to the figure in question rather than imposed by an external reference frame. The ramifications for Logo's role as an educational computer language include a congenial environment for introducing students to mathematics, a natural tool for constructing computational models of animal behavior and a springboard for forays into advanced mathematics.