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Re: The Lisp Curse

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:45:45 -0700, John Passaniti wrote:

> 
> The point is, of course, that coding is only one part of programming,
> and it's not the most important part.  Being able to think like a
> programmer is far more important.  Because when you have that skill,then
> you can usually translate that skill to whatever language you happen to
> be using.  And that is what makes you valuable, not that you know
> syntax.  Obviously at some point, the goal is that you can write
> efficient, elegant, and correct code.  But that is just mechanical
> mapping of the concepts in your head down to the language you're using.

Indeed. I like to say that one of my best skills is simply reading source 
code. I've noted over the years that some people are simply better at 
reviewing a code-base (with all the weirdo stuff that a code-base 
collects over time) and grokking what the code does and what it is 
intended to do (as these are not always the same.

But it is a key skill for the sort of work I do, and not something that 
was obvious to me when I first started, and certainly not something 
anyone ever suggested to me was important for a job in my field.

But, in a way, each of us is slightly tuned for the particular shop we 
work in.

-- c

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