Talk:Phrogram

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According to the official website, it's Kid's Programming Language not Kids Programming Language. But I'd like to know who this kid is. I'd assumed it was the inventor of the language, but according to this, he has kids of his own, so it seems unlikely. -- Smjg 11:51, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

This is obviously a grammatical error on KPL's part. The correct name would have been Kids' Programming Language, unless, as you say, there's someone named Kid to whom KPL is dedicated (seems very unlikely). I don't know if we should change the article name or not :-) Haakon 11:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
We should be honest and consistent about what the language is called. I've just fixed it accordingly. The way it was, there was no way (other than visiting the KPL website) to find out which title is correct.
But it does puzzle me that the creator had better ideas than to teach kids proper English.... -- Smjg 15:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] License?

Could someone on Windows please download the installer and put up what kind of license this is distributed under? I can't find a license anywhere on their website, so I presume it's freeware under some kind of EULA, but I can't confirm that on a Mac. --Iluvcapra 06:48, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Between the next two horizontal lines is a fragment of the Licence Agreement for KPL v 2.0 BETA as of Monday, June 26, 2006 (emphasis added):

You are allowed to use KPL v 2.0 for personal, educational or other non-commercial purposes. Anything you create using KPL v 2.0 is license-free.

Carefully read the following terms and conditions before using KPL v 2.0. Unless you have a different EULA signed by Morrison Schwartz, Inc., your use of KPL v 2.0 indicates your acceptance of this EULA and warranty.

According to the website, you must purchase this program to use it beyond 30 days. This is basically an advertisement for a commercial software product.

[edit] Advertisment-y

Is it just me or does this article sound very pro-KPL? For example statements such as: "have taken KPL from those early stages to a globally successful product in less than a year" seem to be making unverifiable claims that advertisers would use. - DNewhall 21:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

That point crossed my mind too - looks like the initial article was lifted from an advertising brochure somewhere... sheridan 03:52, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
I think I saw something like a criticism section pointing out that it is not platform independent some time ago, but that seems to be gone now? I also did not find it in the history... 88.76.141.240 17:33, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong name

Please note that the name is PhrogRam instead of Phrogam. How can this be corrected, since Phrogram already exists (as a redirect to thiss Phrogam page) ? DéRahier 01:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Stemonitis DéRahier 12:47, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reads like an AD

Parts of this, especially the Philosophy section read a little bit like an advertisement for this language, not a non-biased description. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.137.157.249 (talk) 22:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] This is one big advertisement for a commercial product

Why is this page on Wikipedia? All it does is advertise a commercial product that no one has ever heard of, has no bearing on society or history or anything else notable.... Can I create Wikipedia pages to advertise all MY products?

[edit] Inconsistence

These two quotes seem to contradict each others:

...but does not support the definition of objects.
Phrogram supports object-oriented programming (OOP) and allows for definition of classes and their associated properties and methods, which provides beginning programmers with an introduction to OOP programming.

130.225.127.106 (talk) 07:13, 20 May 2008 (UTC)