In article <340175e7-b349-4ca2-bf66-fa9113253...@v23g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
Aaron Brady <castiro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>The sound of that metaphor is rather pleasing ('sweet nothings'), but
>I'm not so sure that metaphors belong in computer science and
>programming.
Well, you won't be a good programmer if you can't wrap your head around
metaphor. All programming is about translating human thought into human
language -- albeit a very special language with (mostly) precise rules.
Repeat: programming languages are human languages.
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