On 6 Jul 2006, at 08:31, GregSmith wrote:
I'm not asking for a tool that does everything for me. I'm asking
for a
computer language that lets me translate my organized thoughts and
imagination into useful bits that, when assembled together, form
working
components of a total working system.
Greg, what you describe is what pretty much every modern general-
purpose programming language can claim to offer.
The ideas you have sound non-trivial to me, and it's going to take a
serious and deep commitment from you to bring them into reality,
whatever tools you choose.
An excerpt from http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html
Researchers (Hayes, Bloom) have shown it takes about ten years to
develop expertise in any of a wide variety of areas, including
chess playing, music composition, painting, piano playing,
swimming, tennis, and research in neuropsychology and topology.
There appear to be no real shortcuts: even Mozart, who was a
musical prodigy at age 4, took 13 more years before he began to
produce world-class music.
Now I suspect that most people can do productive work in Revolution
after a shorter period than ten years, but even with the best
learning materials ever, there is inherently so much to assimilate,
that it's not going to happen in days. What I think you have in mind
would be quite major undertakings for even a very experienced developer.
As a good way in to it all, I'll also recommend Dans book 'Software
at the speed of thought'.
Best,
Mark
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