In a message dated 6/25/02 2:41:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Those of us ``dinosaurs'' who have been programming since way back in the
> days of punched cards have heard claims of ``abrupt paradigm changes'' many
> times as programming languages have evolved over the years. The claims have
> always simply been hype. Programming is programming is programming, and it
> has always been a straightforward matter to quickly become productive in a
> new language.
>
>

Agreed.  Why is it that there is a belief that programmers have trouble
learning to use new tools?  Does anyone question whether a carpenter can use
a new model of saw?

Programming is primarily logic not syntax.  Ages ago is college, I remember
having to write the same program logic in different languages in order to
better understand syntactical strengths and weaknesses of different
languages.  Some students had trouble with this.  These were the same
students who had trouble with the basic logic to begin with.

Wayne Boyer

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