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Date:	Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:01:34 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Re: Warpstock 2003 Presentation

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> the language is not the issue. It takes more than
> a language to express the solution to a problem.
> It takes the ability to express the problem and
> the solution, regardless of the language.

Precisely. The choice of language is almost moot in solving the
problem. The choice becomes an issue only when attempting a
cost-benefit analysis.

> >On this list we use a "best-fit" communication tool: English.
>
> Actually, we use what we know not necessarily what's
> best-fit. Japanese might be a better fit, but I don't
> have enough knowledge of the language to say if this is
> the case.

Ooh, a brewing argument! :))

English *is* the "best-fit" because we all know it. There are
occasional language black holes (try translating "cumbanchero" from
Spanish to English) but the fact that English contains a huge number of
foreign words should indicate that flexibility is a major concern.
English has flexibility.

> >I like flowcharts.
>
> You mean like Matlab's Sumulink or ISI's Maxtrix X Designer.

Goody. You can give the September presentation, and I'll come to watch
and listen.

> >As for proving the code, good idea.
> >Anybody want to enlighten me?
>
> there are, TTBOMK, still no implementations
> that are useful for real world projects.

Okay. Let's scratch that goal. :)

- Peter

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