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Re: Mindstorms (more than just robotics?)
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 8 Nov 1998 18:57:56 GMT
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Tom Moeller <tmoeller@global2000.net#nospam#>
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Kekoa Proudfoot wrote:
> > I think the programming language is fine for those that don't know what
> > they're missing.
> > It is also a good logical step into something more complicated.
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> I can see this too. Maybe at some point you realize that something like a
> variable would help you solve a particular problem, then when you
> eventually get variables, it all makes sense how to use them, because those
> were just what you were looking for in the first place.
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> This is all speculation. I have very little memory about what it was like
> when I first learned to program, aside from the fact that it involved
> for-loops, low-res graphics, an Apple II+, and cool pictures that I
> couldn't get enough of. That was a long time ago.
I remember the difficulty I had in understanding variables.. 7th grade,
about 1978/79, using a TRS-80 (graphics? cool pictures? huh?). The mathlab
teacher wanted me to write a program to loop and calculate 1+2+3+4+5+6+...
and I happily created ever-increasing numbers of variables, not realizing
I should recycle between two variables. Then the lightbulb came on (after
someone yanked my chain a few times) and now I'm an engineer/embedded
programmer. |-}
tom
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| (...) Interesting. I wonder how what you know about programming languages affects how you think about them. For example, if you don't know about variables, maybe you develop an intuition for what sorts of methods help you work around them, or maybe (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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