Comments on: Drafting as Coding

By: Matt Youell

Matt Youell — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:43:52 +0000

That’s a good insight, but it is no a metaphor. It’s truer than that. There is a direct and deep correlation and a fundamental reason for it. I’ve had a blog post on a related topic floating around in my head for quite some time which may explain this more, if indirectly. I’m just having trouble getting words on screen. But you’ve motivated me to try.

By: Bram Pitoyo

Bram Pitoyo — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:54:26 +0000

Brilliant! Analogies like these helps us understand topics and ideas. While quite far-fetched, my hypothesis is that, to truly be internalized into culture, a machine language should be both thought and taught as a human language.

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Positively Glorious! | Drafting as Coding | JPV PDX — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:02:08 +0000

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By: John Metta

John Metta — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:58:18 +0000

Outstanding analogy. My comment ended up becoming longer than your original post (and not because I channel James Mitchner whenever I write!). It’s being re-blogged on Positively Glorious!, where I will add my thoughts and spread your wonderful analogy farther and wider. Great thoughts. I’ll see what code I can dig up for you.