Michael Forster wrote: > Funny word that, "experience." My late Judo teacher used to talk [snip] Interesting that this "hit them over the head" metaphor has brought out a Judo reference! Are there any other martial arts aficionados (past- or present-) Judo or otherwise out there? My confession / plug: http://maaml.blogspot.com -- Dan > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Michael Forster > wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Grant Rettke wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Neil Van Dyke > wrote: > >>> Random people with Web pages about Scheme, like myself, can also do > our part > >>> to point people in the right direction: > >> > >> Have you found some successful ways to communicate, or convince, > >> experienced programmers that there is something for them to learn > with > >> HtDP? > >> > >> Most "experienced programmers" tend to be convinved that there is > >> nothing left to learn but new APIs and frameworks. > > > > Funny word that, "experience." My late Judo teacher used to talk > > about the difference between "20 years' worth of experience" and "one > > year's worth, repeated 20 times over." > > > > Mike > > > > I should clarify, as I just did to someone who replied off-list, that > I didn't mean to imply that one measure was better. My teacher was > simply asking us to consider the _difference_. And, perhaps, that any > amount of experience can be a hindrance in some instances. > > Cheers, > > Mike > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme