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I can agree to that somewhat, but what's interesting about this paper is that it's starting to formalize the fact that some people can "think like a programmer"

I can agree to that somewhat, but what's interesting about this paper is that it's starting to formalize the fact that some people can "think like a programmer" and some can't. Now, what that says for programming paradigms as a whole...

bensummers 17y ago
Yes, the tests are the interesting part. I especially liked the way they did some of the testing before the teaching started, and it still showed useful results. Maybe there's hope? (see the recent discussion on interviewing programmers)