I have found Rev extremely intuitive except for one thing:
I wish it would parse
x = 5
(if not following an IF)
the same as
put 5 into x
That's the one thing I would change.
:-)
On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Bob Sneidar wrote:
"I was just telling someone the other day, the main draw of computer
programming is that it offers a "perfect world" where if you do
everything right, you get out of it exactly what you expect, unlike
the real world, where you can do everything right and have everything
go oh so wrong.
Computer programming is like playing with a virtual constructor kit.
We love it because building things (even virtual things) is a whole
lot of fun! Building things which other people find useful is even
more fun! Which goes to another theory I have, and that is that we
never stop being children. We just learn to handle responsibility
better."
And I am inclined to agree. However the level of abstract and
logical thinking
required for really good computer programming requires a certain
amount of
psychological maturity.
Now - back to my maladjusted kid!
I don't see the world of computer programming as a "psychological
save-haven"
away from the buffettings of everyday life. After all, a brilliant
computer
programmer who cannot pitch her/his idea to the customer/end-user
is still
nothing more than a socially disfunctional zero; similarly, a
brilliant computer
programmer who cannot listen and understand a customer/end-user's
needs
and implement them in a way that the end-user can work with is
nothing more
than the geeky person in the psychological anorak.
What I do see, is that after 2 weeks, my maladjusted kid has, by
managing to
produce something that works (side-scrolling 2D game at the
moment), gained
a leevl of confidence that he managed to open his mouth to somebody
other
than "Mummy" and "Teacher" for possibly the first time in 10 years.
I would be extremely worried if I thought that any kid, maladjusted
or not,
who spent some time under my tutelage would end up as a mono-maniac
who had to have a mouse "surgically implanted into his hand" or could
only have conversations of the sort:
"Hi, On MouseUp, If What Then? End If"
sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
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fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases."
Mathewson, 2006
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