# Logo programming language

45 Hacker News commenters recommended Logo programming language and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for being interactive, graphical and simple, making it a gentle first language for learning to program. Main caveat: some find it ambiguous and limited to turtle graphics.

## Why people recommend it

- Turtle graphics give visual results (5 comments): "I wonder if Logo wouldn't be better for kids, especially if you could pair it with a real "turtle"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49067138)) "That repl way of programming and getting visual results was really good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45795746)) "Straight-forward parser. Turtles make game elements easy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46113068))
- Inspired early programming in school (5 comments): "I was inspired to learn programming when I first saw Logo on my school computer in the 80s." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49525958)) "Logo in Spanish in a C128 when I was in third grade started my journey in software." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660598)) "I'm forever grateful for having the access to Logo programming in early 90s" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660824))
- Gentle, simple introduction to programming (4 comments): "It's a great tool for learning basic programming since it's interactive, graphical, and simple." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49661258)) "one of the best and gentlest introductions to problem solving and computational thinking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665736)) "It's easier to get started coding using Logo than almost any other language/platform." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676624))
- Extensible, Lisp-like design with functions (4 comments): "There was something about being able to add new words based on primitives, and new words based on custom words, that captured me for good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659548)) "Logo is a highly interactive and dynamic language (a relative of Lisp), and that influenced the way I think about writing code." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659827)) "The idea of declaring functions with the keyword “to” still feels like a fun and good idea" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659666))

## What people warn about

- Ambiguities compared with Scheme (1 comments): "Logo would not be as good as Scheme, since it has ambiguities" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663505))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Logo programming language", https://hackerapproved.com/p/logo-programming-language/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).