Box of blue shapes, you say?

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On 29 September 2010 02:26, Josh Suereth <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't think logic works that way.
>
> That's like saying, of a box of colored shapes: "Some of the box-like
> shapes are blue"  implies that "All non-box-like shapes are not blue"
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> So by inference, people who are not convinced by Scala, are inferior
>> developers unwilling to learn?
>>
>> On Sep 28, 11:55 am, B Smith-Mannschott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:51, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Sep 28, 9:23 am, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > > An important trait of being a good programmer is the willingness to
>> learn
>> > > > and push the boundaries of what can be done well. That's also why
>> Scala
>> > > is
>> > > > quite suitable for new programmers, including children and students.
>> >
>> > > There's no logical connection between those two sentences.
>> >
>> > The logical connection is "willingness to learn". Presumably students
>> are
>> > willing to learn. "Good" programmers are also willing to learn. (Or
>> would
>> > you argue that they are not? Or perhaps that all programmers have the
>> same
>> > level of skill and interest?)
>> >
>> > // ben
>>
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