Sorry, my reference to the "why trap" refers to teleology and the (apparent) success of science after it began focusing on "what" not "why". As a pragmatist, I ass/u/me/d you'd understand that. Mea culpa.
It's *literally* irrelevant what OOP was designed to do. What matters is what it does/is. On 07/18/2018 02:12 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > I am not sure what the "why-trap" is. If you think me sometimes cagey, it's > usually because I am trying to not to say more than I know, and when I am > talking to computer folks about programming, I know so little that it > probably sounds like I am talking with my hands over my mouth. I do think > it's important for "civilians" to understand programmers' world better than > we do, and that requires developing some sort of mediating language that does > justice to civilians and experts alike. -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove