> And I suppose it's a good point for discussion on this list: When > making changes to source code, do people really think of it as lines > of characters, as printed on paper or displayed on screen, or do they > think of it in more abstract terms, of expressions, statements? I > expect it's a mixture, and the mixture varies between individuals (and > over time within an individual) but I don't (yet) have any empirical > evidence.
For me it depends on the scope of focus. A block of code could be thought of as a blackbox thingy. But the box could be opened and individual characters mulled over. But that's obvious isn't it? Am i missing something? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List (discuss@ppig.org) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
