[plt-scheme] Hit People Over the Head with HtDP

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Michael Forster <mike at sharedlogic.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Neil Van Dyke <neil at neilvandyke.org> 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