On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Hugh Sasse wrote:
[snip]
> I think too many language discussions focus on what is inside the
> language ("does it have closures, or continuations, or monitors,
> or...") whereas to get people to use something you need to show them
> what it can do easily. For example, when I discovered Tk it was
I totally agree with you! From abstracts and theory, down to the
practical, and with a non-Computer Science focus. IMHO, there are more
non-CS types writing code, than otherwise. SO for _me_, it's of
absolutely no use presenting me a language in terms of Quantum Physics
(I have an M.B.A.), because you'll loose in the first 10 seconds ;)
> remarkable how easy it was to create practical GUIs. When I
> discovered Perl4 it was a pleasure not have to shunt "out of band"
> data between the shell and awk to get varying behaviour.
Perl4 was the first language that I became fluent in. Tk the 2nd. :)
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Duke
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