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One thing that is sorely missing here is a section on motivation, which is arguably the first step on the journey. Because I can see that learning PLT will be h
by infodroid 10y ago
One thing that is sorely missing here is a section on motivation, which is arguably the first step on the journey. Because I can see that learning PLT will be hard. Yet most people are not going to learn PLT just because it is hard. There must be something more that makes it worthwhile. But I struggle to appreciate why any programmer would want to learn PLT.
- Xophmeister 10y agoWhy does anyone learn anything? An intellectual pay-off is, to many, just as valuable as the practical (and ultimately, presumably, economic) pay-off that comes from learning a new skill. That might be seen by many others to be "learning for learning's sake", but any research could potentially lead to wider benefits. That said, for die-hard-pragmatists, it seems reasonable to assume that learning PLT might make one a better programmer.