On Fri, Jun 06, 2003, Herouth Maoz wrote about "Re: C flame (was: FS/OS in schools)": > Quoting Nadav Har'El <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Let's face it, when you teach someone to drive its enough to teach them > > to use the pedals and the steering-wheel. But when you teach someone to > > become a mechanic, you have no option but showing them what the engine > > looks like by opening the hood, even if it's an ugly, greasy, mess. > > But you don't teach somebody to be a mechanic before he has learned what a car > is. I don't think there are many car repairsmen who do not have a drivers' > license, or at least a scooter license...
To continue this silly metaphore, *driving* a car corresponds to using a computer for stuff needed for daily life, say, playing or writing papers for school. For that you needn't learn any programming at all. And indeed, like you said, most people *use* a computer before they start learning to program on it. But if you do want to learn how to fix your own car (or to program your own computer) I argued that you better understand the nuts and bolts before you understand the fancy new fuel-injection system ;) -- Nadav Har'El | Saturday, Jun 7 2003, 8 Sivan 5763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |If God is watching us, the least we can http://nadav.harel.org.il |do is be entertaining. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
