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Re: Programming Concepts you just "don't get"
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- From: "Kyle R. Burton" <kyle.burton@gmail.com>
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- Subject: Re: Programming Concepts you just "don't get"
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:06:34 -0400
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Can you include that reply link in tumblr? I couldn't figure out how
to respond to you (I was going t do it via friendfeed, but it hadn't
posted yet)....if you could include that at the bottom of your tumblr
posts it'd be easier.
Or maybe I missed it...
Kyle
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Jonathan Tran <jonnytran@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It occurred to me that there are many concepts in programming, like
> say, monads, that are so obviously hugely important to some people,
> but others seem to just "not get" them. When one of these people that
> groks monads tries to convince those that don't how important the
> concept is, they fail miserably, mostly because others have no
> experience with monads to relate to. So how can they possibly make a
> judgment of something they don't understand?
>
> This is extremely frustrating for both parties, because the one person
> feels they _know_ it's important, but can't seem to get the other
> person to see that. And the other person is kind of bewildered as to
> why this person is going crazy over something seemingly so trivially
> different from what they're used to.
>
> So I thought that maybe I could try to show these concepts to people
> in a way they could relate to. The reason I'm posting is, I want to
> know what you guys out there feel like you either "don't really get"
> or "couldn't really explain" in the hopes that I can figure out a way
> to show it to people.
>
> Monads are one example, as I've heard from some. Currying, for those
> who are not familiar with functional languages, is another I've
> heard. But what other concepts do you _wish_ that someone would
> explain to you (or to others) once and for all?
>
> I'm trying to put together a presentation on exactly this, so your
> wish will be my cmd.
>
> Please reply to the list, or to my blog post directly
> http://plpatterns.com/post/42929867/programming-concepts-people-just-dont-get#disqus_thread
>
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