On 1/21/09, Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:06 PM, G=F6khan SEVER <gstr2005@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> >*Fourth is the joy of always learning, which springs from the nonrepeati=
ng
> >nature of the task. In one way or another the problem is ever new, and i=
ts
> >solver learns something: sometimes practical, sometimes theoretical, and
> >sometimes both
> > The 4th one is my favorite reason amongst all. I have come across this =
piece
> > while reading the very beginnings of John Miller's PhD dissertation, Pr=
omoting
> > Computer Literacy Through Programming
> > Python<http://www.python.org/files/miller-dissertation.pdf>(2004).
> > This work is freely available to download.
>
> I am not so sure if it is really necessary to promote computer literacy t=
hrough
> programming and to be honest I have never found programming really
> fun

Here you can see the real difference between programming for living
and programming just for fun. For a shoes seller, programming can be
fun. For a programmer which is writting every day hundreds of code
lines programming is 99% painfull.

But for a programmer, understanding how works a heptode from 1940 could be =
fun.
Could be also fun manufacturing a regenerative radio using a schematic
from 1930.
Then a programmer guy can understand the real difference between
understanding an electronic device or just using programable
electronic devices (like PICs)

Vasile

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