'Some work is being done in the field of logic which looks at how people interpret things like syllogisms, where researchers are uncovering systematic differences in reasoning.'
That sounds interesting. Does that connect with Grice's Rules of Logical Implicature eg that in normal language some X are Y implies that some X are not Y Is this the systematic difference? as far as pseudo code is concerned, perhaps actual code = pseudo code + syntax and looking at pseudo code enables one to control the variable of 'understanding syntax' would a modern study mean pseudocode for OOP rather than structured programming? Sorry that I can't actually answer your question! Hello again! Has anyone done any studies which look at the comprehension of pseudocode (more recently than the ones which compared them to structured flowcharts...)? I would like to do something similar in the area of programming and feel that pseudocode would be more analogous to a logic problem described in (a restricted form of) natural language than would a specific programming language. Thanks, Judith ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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/
