On 05 Sep 2006, at 14:24, rob_at_robmyers.org wrote:
> Quoting "newsletter_at_t-klein.com" <newsletter_at_t-klein.com>:
>
>> there's a difference between 'natural' and algorithmic thinking
>> you haven't considered so far: feedback
>
> Feedback is just recursion isn't it?
not in this scenario:
Feedback
means that the human being thinking (programming/playing guitar) is
directly involved in a loop; that she dierectly gets the results of
what she has done and reacts on this.
Recursion
on the other hand (in my view) happens only in the triggered /
controlled system itself...
concerning the main discussion:
I think one really important factor differentiating playing a guitar
or a programming language is flow as Csikszentmihalyi [1] defines it.
ATM we are not able to get into a flow within programming; results
are still too far away...
till
[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
Received on Tue Sep 05 2006 - 16:16:17 BST