[Python-Dev] re: Programming Paradigms paper

[gvwilson@nevex.com]

I've put a copy of a paper by Marian Petre on the Software Carpentry web
site at:

    http://www.software-carpentry.com/extern/petre_paradigms.html

I hope it will be of interest to people on this list.  From the
introduction:

    ...language designers everywhere aspire to a Kuhnian ideal that
    paradigms are absolute: complete and exclusive, dominating and
    defining every aspect of an approach...

    This paper presents an alternative view of programming paradigms
    based on studies of expert programmer behaviour: a view of
    paradigms as selectable reference models...that evolve from
    expert practice and are shaped within a programming culture.
    From that vantage, it considers the implications of programming
    paradigms for teaching programming.

The author is with the Open University in the United Kingdom; her email is
in the paper, and she would be grateful if you could let her know if you
cite or reference the paper.

Greg