Quote: "These are variables, and when I've been teaching people to program sometimes I see the light dawn when they realise that a variable name is like a box w

Quote: "These are variables, and when I've been teaching people to program sometimes I see the light dawn when they realise that a variable name is like a box with the name on the outside." Yes. Maybe there could be some algebra in advance of -- or alongside -- early coding lessons, where this idea is central to both fields. One variable name, any numeric value. It's the same with functions, the lifeblood of analysis -- one function name, any equation. So in a perfect world, people would be learning calculus and general analysis while writing their first program functions -- indeed, they might be learning higher math while coding their lesson materials at the same time. http://arachnoid.com/calculus http://arachnoid.com/calculus