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'''Karel''' is an [[educational programming language|educational]] [[programming language]] for absolute beginners, created by [[Richard E. Pattis]] in his book ''Karel The Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming''. Pattis used the language in his courses at [[Stanford University]]. The language is named after [[Karel Capek]], a [[Czech]] writer who inventedintroduced the word ''[[robot]]''.

== Principles ==

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== Variants and descendants ==

== Karel++ ==

The language has inspired the development of various clones and similar educational languages. As the language is intended for beginners and children, localized variants exist in some languages, notably [[Czech language|Czech]] (the programming language was quite popular in [[Czechoslovakia]]). The [[Slovak language|Slovak]] version, called [[Robot Karol|Robot Karol++]], contains further enhancements and it has been itself translated to English and Czech.

The principles of Karel were updated to the [[object-oriented programming]] paradigm in a new programming language called Karel++. Karel++ is syntactically similar to [[Java programming language|Java]].

The principles of Karel were updated to the [[object-oriented programming]] paradigm in a new programming language called Karel++. Karel++ is syntacticallyconceptually based on Karel, but uses a completely new syntax, similar to [[Java programming language|Java]].

== Robot Karol++ ==

[[Image:RobotKarol_Plus_Plus_IDE.png|right|thumb|250px]]

''Main article: [[Robot Karol]]''.

Robot Karol (or Robot Karol++) is:

# simple [[programming language]] for children.

# programming enviroment for children.

Robot Karol++ is open source and has been translated to many languages.

== Reference ==

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* [http://xkarel.sourceforge.net/ xKarel]

* [http://www.robotkarol.sk/ Robot Karol++]

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