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shared experiences....
i find that non-programmers take to non-procedural programming quite
easily. but that's the issue isn't it?
a programmer by definition is a control freak - you enjoy being able to
tell the computer exactly what to do and it does exactly what you told
it to do, step by painful step.
non-procedural programming is more like management - "computer, i want a
report that looks like this... try and get it done this afternoon.come
back and see me when it's ready." controlling, but not control - delegation.
it seems to me this is a very big leap for most programmers, but
managers don't even understand there's a problem...
rick
ps personal preference - xslt
Michael Kay wrote:
>>"Tim Bray declared that to understand XSLT you must first reach up
>>with both hands and grab the two halves of your brain peeling each
>>back until you have successfully turned your brain completely inside
>>out ...Are we all masochists???!!!" "
>>
>>
>>
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>The same was true, in my personal experience, of understanding goto-less
>programming, relational calculus, and object-oriented programming. The fact
>that something is conceptually very different from the way you have
>programmed in the past is not, historically, a barrier to adoption, provided
>that those who have made the journey are prepared to tell the world that it
>was worthwhile.
>
>Some people have reported that non-programmers, who still think that x=x+1
>looks like nonsense, find the concepts much easier.
>
>
>Michael Kay
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