Simple, Portable Physics Simulations 145
ttsiod writes "I want to 'lure' my nephews/nieces towards Science and Engineering (to whatever extent that's possible, in the age of consoles). To that end, I have coded simple physics simulations, like falling snow, exploding fireworks, and 1D/2D wave simulations. My efforts are here, in the form of portable SDL mini-programs (GPL code, compilable under Windows, Linux, Free/Net/OpenBSD, Mac OS/X and basically every OS with GCC and SDL). Try them out, and do offer any suggestions on other programs that can trigger scientific interest in young minds. Myself, I am teaching them Python, so that they can code 'fireworks' on their own."
Re:wot? (Score:1, Funny)
the progress bar when windows xp boots up
Consider revising intro (Score:1, Funny)
I want to 'lure' my nephews/nieces
I'm glad the rest of that sentence ended up better than it started out.
Re:FreeBASIC (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, if it's old-fashioned stuff you find t3h l33t, why not teach the kids Brainfuck [wikipedia.org]? It's essentially the same language as P", devised by the man Böhm himself in 1964, way before all of this pish posh about how to conveniently build non-trivial programs, but also including the modern concepts of input and output. Make no mistake, however - with only eight operations to choose from, it's about as simple as you can get, and many a programmer will attest that it's fun to play with!