steven.cla...@microsoft.com said: > I've always found the following essay quite inspirational in > the way that it describes two different styles of programming. > http://www.papert.org/articles/EpistemologicalPluralism.html
I agree that essay raises interesting points, but I believe it also has some significant weaknesses, as explained here: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~afb21/publications/Bricolage.pdf (Their argument is one originating in gender studies, but more recent work in gender and programming suggests that their sample may have been too small and too specific to carry the weight of general conclusions that they draw). Alan -- Alan Blackwell Reader in Interdisciplinary Design, University of Cambridge Further details from www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~afb21/ -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
