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Literacy: Natural Language vs. Code

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the talking-to-machines dept.

sirReal.83. writes "The Guardian has an article by Dylan Evans, author of Introducing Evolutionary Psychology. The article discusses literacy in computer languages, and suggests that we are in the 'technological middle ages.' Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking; just as we try to make computers to adapt to us, we must adapt to them." Some good points are raised, with the example of the command line interface used, which is a much better choice than, say, an array of switches or a punch card.

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  1. The Guardian by AyeFly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm sorry if this is a little off-topic, but instead of having all these headline posts that are just re-prints of the Guardian... why not have a column/section instead... like we have for apache, or EFF...?? just my 2 cents

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  2. Re:[Not a] pointless article by Spoing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Moderators...mod that comment up. It's a 5.

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  3. Re:Empowering citizens with Boolean algebra by Arker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Very well stated!

    Do you have any idea how much time you saved me by posting this, and saving me the trouble? I'd guess with proofreading and revisions I'd have taken 45 minutes or more, and there's always pchance I would not have done as good a job. What a timesaver!

    On the friends list you go! Heheh... foe of a friend, maybe one day when I'm bored I'll take a look at that too.

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