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Quoting from the article: "Take, for instance, a loop ..." Personally, I write most programs in a logic programming language that has no loops. I wonder wheth
by triska 4y ago
Quoting from the article:
"Take, for instance, a loop ..."
Personally, I write most programs in a logic programming language that has no loops. I wonder whether the engaged brain areas also depend on the programming language. The previous study used for example Python, an imperative language, and mentiond "Language system responses during code comprehension are weak and inconsistent":
https://elifesciences.org/articles/58906 https://elifesciences.org/articles/58906
Could it be that language system responses are stronger for more declarative programming languages, where a clear description of the problem is of greater importance?
- cratermoon 4y agoAcademia, except for corners of programs related to computer science and software engineering, has zero idea what professional programming is really like.
- foreverCarlos 4y agoTBH even in those corners professors often have either a very outdated idea of programming or a surprisingly bad practical skill set.
- cratermoon 4y agoYeah, corners within those corners, more accurately.
- hbarka 4y agoI’m curious in the world of programming languages are there discrete sets of these categories (declarative, imperative, etc.) or is it on a spectrum? Are there languages where it can be defined as having characteristics of both declarative and imperative?