[comp.edu] Baby Robotics in an introductory Pascal text? Karel?

peter@yunexus.UUCP (Peter Roosen-Runge) (09/16/88)

I am looking for the titles and authors of  two introductory programming
texts, written, I believe, in the early 80s, both of which had the theme
of developing programs  to control a simple "robot".  I  think both
used Pascal and there may have been source code which came with the text.

One text was written by an instructor at Stanford, and the text was used
in introductory computer courses (for non-computer science majors?). I
think the "robot" was called Karel.  The other text was similar in theme
but the "robot" was more elaborate and was to be programmed to deliver
messages in a simulated "town" -- or so I remember. The author of this
text taught  somewhere in the Maritimes (Canada).

If I can recall all these details, why, oh why, can't I remember the titles
or authors?? Any help from those with better memories or bibliographic
files would be most gratefully received.
                 .......... Peter Roosen-Runge
                            Department of Computer Science
                            York University

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pattis@june.cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis) (09/16/88)

Pattis, Richard E., "Karel the Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of
Programming", John Wiley & Sons, 1981.  This book is still available; it is
in its 16 or so printing.

Tomek, "The First Book of Josef: An Introduction to Computer Programming",
Prentice-Hall 1983.  I frequently see this book in stores, but I am not sure
if it is still in print.