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Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)

Subject: Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)
From: (lisp) <lisa@thecommune.org.uk>
Date: 9 Feb 2003 22:33:48 GMT
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In comp.sys.cbm Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_666@gmx.net> wrote:
> Does this really look to complicated for beginners!?

You forget your average joe has a mental block when it comes to reading
and assimilating documentation.

> No it isn't! Programming has to do with describing the way to solve a
> given problem in a formalized, exact way. This has much more to do with
> logical thinking and mathematics. Both is, and was for many centuries, not
> dependend on the hardware.

Quite right - hardware should be the *last* aspect introduced, because
talking to the hardware directly is a bad *evil* habit, and so discipline
in coding should be introduced before hand.

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Follow-Ups:
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References:
- Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: pap3@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Paul Allen Panks)
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: Lee Hart <leeahart@earthlink.net>
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: Lee Hart <leeahart@earthlink.net>
- Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)
- My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)
  - From: Lee Hart <leeahart@earthlink.net>
- Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)
  - From: Glen <lpepicel@nycap.rr.com>
- Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)
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- Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)
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