On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Pascal J. Bourguignon <[email protected] > wrote:
> Julian Leviston <[email protected]> writes: > > > Concrete is better than abstract for learning. > > Definitely. Programmer students should learn assembler and write a > couple of assembler programs. > Concrete doesn't mean "low level". It means "not abstract". A spreadsheet, for example, is concrete and high level. Logo Writer is concrete and high level. Wire diagrams are often concrete and high level. I think student programmers are well served starting concrete and high level. -- bringing s-words to a pen fight
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