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I disagree with that analogy. It's true that some people just aren't ever going to be programmers, and no number of books will help that. On the other hand, som

I disagree with that analogy. It's true that some people just aren't ever going to be programmers, and no number of books will help that. On the other hand, some people have all of the correct mental attitudes, they just haven't been introduced to programming before. I think a much more reasonable analogy is something like playing the harp. Most people see little point in learning, and many of those that try it won't have the aptitude/interest to actually become adept, but there are a few that will become masters.

rbanffy 16y ago
> some people have all of the correct mental attitudes, they just haven't been introduced to programming before. They already are programmers. They just don't know it yet
- pyre 16y ago
  It may be semantics at this point, but 'being a programmer' isn't a certain mental attitude/aptitude such much as it requires a certain mental attitude/aptitude. Just having that attitude/aptitude doesn't 'make your a programmer.'