[Edu-sig] re: A small essay in my own defense

[Kirby Urner]

At 08:31 AM 7/9/2003 -0500, Arthur wrote:
>Kirby writes -
>
> >CP4E is clever enough as a *direction*.  I like to say that knowing
> >something about programming is like knowing something about internal
> >combustion engines.  Yet we're not all mechanics.  It's just helpful
> >to know "how things work".
>
>To me, the question than becomes one of semantics.  How far down the road
>toward a redefinition of the word "programming" are we allowing ourselves to
>go.

Well, when you go to a play they hand you a "program" and the thing
actors work from is called a "script".  What you see on stage is the
execution.

That's how far, or not far at all (back to the semantic roots:  all
the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely objects).

Kirby

>BIG ISSUE, in my book.
>
>BIG, BIG ISSUE.
>
>Did I metion I think the issue is significant?
>
>Art
>
>
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