Subject: Re: Is Programming Boring?
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:56:52 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <lIednZ9NrLMZBWLZnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@speakeasy.net>
Larry Clapp  <larry@theclapp.org> wrote:
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| Mallor <SeaFuncSpam@gmail.com> wrote:
| > Larry Clapp wrote:
| >> "Programming is hard" == "some programming requires great effort".
| >> Surprise.  "Programming is boring" == "some programming bores some
| >> people in some situations".  Surprise.
| >
| > Another dimension not previously mentioned in this thread, is
| > whether the *programmer* is boring.  A boring person might derive
| > satisfaction from rote, repetitive tasks that they can do over and
| > over again,
| [snip]
| 
| http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/
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For those who haven't wandered through that particular maze before,
a better [well, more directly to the point] place to start is:

    http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/r0/Day1.html

particularly the section "The Ways of Mappers and Packers".


-Rob

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