On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:51 AM, rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 3, 5:39 pm, Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.r...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Don't think "underlying", instead think "canonical". >> >> Ultimately, the answers to your questions exist in the world for you >> to see. How does a surgeon describe a surgical procedure? How does a >> chef describe a recipe? How does a carpenter describe the process of >> building cabinets? Aside from specific words, they all use natural >> language, and it works just fine. > > A carpenter describes his carpentry-process in English > A CSist describes his programming-process in English (at least all my > CS books are in English) > > A carpenter uses his tools -- screwdriver, saw, planer --to do > carpentry > A programmer uses his tools to to programming -- one of which is > called 'programming language' > > Doing programming without programming languages is like using toenails > to tighten screws
I would argue that the computer is the tool, not the language. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
