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Wow, this argument is pretty much the opposite of what I would expect from Bret Victor. 1. It doesn't make sense to use the Papert quote as an assumption of tr
by elwell 13y ago
Wow, this argument is pretty much the opposite of what I would expect from Bret Victor.
1. It doesn't make sense to use the Papert quote as an assumption of truth. (At least add a commentary to why you agree with Papert (since Papert doesn't explain his reasoning in the given excerpt))
2. I thought that almost every programmer thinks that learning to program has improved their ability to think about problems; especially, I imagined Bret would.
- david927 13y agoRead it again and really spend time thinking about it. You'll see it actually fits perfectly with what he's always believed, and I couldn't agree more. Here it is again: Programming can serve as a medium in which powerful ideas can be brought within reach. But the focus, of course, must be on the powerful ideas, not the programming itself.