On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 04:18:21PM -0700, Russ Abbott wrote: > The first problem is simply to understand that Oz is *built to > suspend.* That's not the sort of behavior that people expect when > approach a programming language.
I fully agree. That *really* takes some getting used to. > Most programming languages are not built with silent suspension as > such a major feature. That's why I think it is important to > emphasize that basic fact and to make it as visible as possible > for new users. I think this can't be emphasized enough. If it was me, I'd seriously consider putting this in a blink tag at the top of every tutorial. OK, maybe not a blink tag. :-) But I'd still put it there. Something like "Silently hanging is a normal response for an Oz program with a bug.". -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ _________________________________________________________________________________ mozart-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.mozart-oz.org/mailman/listinfo/mozart-users
