Let's put this under the heading, "One Size Does Not Fit All".
The underlying assumption of this opinion is that there is only one model to teach too.
In the modern era we really need to take into account our differences.
In this case, functional versus procedural programming.
1. Write this in a Lisp as functional.
2. Present the functional form as human readable as the given procedural.
3. Conduct a study and gather the data.
4. Present the findings.
My experience has taught me that there is subset of the human population who think more naturally in functional programming.
But if one model is insufficient? then why would two be?
What languages are yet to be invented to meet the needs of the millions of daily programmers?
It is time for experimental science to be conducted given the millions of people involved.
The path has already been laid out with Usability research that is entirely experimental.
It is time to do the hard science on usability of claims of functional and procedural programming languages.
It is time to put to rest opinion and one size fits all.
Let's put this under the heading, "One Size Does Not Fit All".
The underlying assumption of this opinion is that there is only one model to teach too.
In the modern era we really need to take into account our differences.
In this case, functional versus procedural programming.
1. Write this in a Lisp as functional.
2. Present the functional form as human readable as the given procedural.
3. Conduct a study and gather the data.
4. Present the findings.
My experience has taught me that there is subset of the human population who think more naturally in functional programming.
But if one model is insufficient? then why would two be?
What languages are yet to be invented to meet the needs of the millions of daily programmers?
It is time for experimental science to be conducted given the millions of people involved.
The path has already been laid out with Usability research that is entirely experimental.
It is time to do the hard science on usability of claims of functional and procedural programming languages.
It is time to put to rest opinion and one size fits all.