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"As to what people should have to do before learning any programming: no one has implied any such thing." "People should be required to learn the basics of pro
by guard-of-terra 14y ago
"As to what people should have to do before learning any programming: no one has implied any such thing."
"People should be required to learn the basics of programming first. They should start with immutable data objects, referentially transparent functions."
You either lie or "should" means different thing in your English than "should".
- nessus42 14y agoAs to that quote, firstly you give it stronger weight than it was intended to convey. It was someone's opinion on the best way to educate, not a statement about use of force to allow or disallow anything. More importantly, that quote is neither here nor there in the discussion between you and me. I did not utter it, you did not utter it, and the OP did not utter it. Therefore it is irrelevant without you having alerted me to what particular bee you have in your bonnet. Additionally, it almost certainly true that any first class in programming should start with numbers, which are immutable data objects, and mathematical functions, which are referentially transparent. E.g., def inc(x): return x + 1 Consequently, there is nothing at all incorrect about that assertion. In any case, I am done with this conversation, and in conversing with you. You have a very rigid and myopic and, yes, ill-educated opinion. I do not wish to converse with you further.