[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 02:51:06PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Sometimes. However, a computer is *truly* stupid. Programming a
computer is explaining things to a very obedient, but very dumb automaton.
One hard thing about human teaching you don't have with programming is
the enormous diversity in the students. Some learn things differently.
Some are visual, some kinesthetic, etc. You don't have the diversity problem
with a computer architecture.
You don't? I disagree, my good man.
Imperative vs. functional would be akin to "just give me the procedure"
and "tell me the theory behind it and I'll handle the procedure." This
tends to be a pretty big split in a technical class. I'll leave other
metaphors up to you.
While the computer is the same architecture, that's like arguing that we
all have a brain. True, but we don't operate at the level of those
substrates.
-a
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