# Where to Go from Here...

## Conclusion

Guido is starting to realize that there are some things he cannot do. In the projects where Guido traveled, he had no memory of how big the world was. He has no way to keep track of a count. He tried to tell his parents about the journey but when they asked How far did you go? he didn't know. In the rain project where Guido had to close the windows, he had no way to remember where he started, at the door. He had to leave a beeper there to know when he had gone all around the house.

What Guido would like is a way to remember things. He read in a computer programming book about a part of a program called a variable that could be used to store numbers or letters or even words. Variables can hold a number value and that value can be changed. If he had a variable, he could increase the value in his variable by one for each step and know how many steps he had taken. If he had a two variables, he could store the street and the avenue where he stood at the door in the rain project and wouldn't have needed to drop a beeper there.

Alas, Guido does not have variables. Sadly, he knows he never will. He has heard rumors about other programming languages, such as Python, which have all of his capabilities and much more, including variables and the ability to listen and speak (input and output instructions) and even the ability to create whole new types of robots (object oriented programming and inheritance).

Its time to say goodbye to Guido and his world. He will wait patiently for the next class of students while you move on and learn more about programming as you continue your journey in Computer Science.

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