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From: jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Computers for users not programmers
Message-ID: <12830@lanl.gov>
Date: 28 Jan 91 20:04:59 GMT
References: <1991Jan28.112723.15274@lth.se>
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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From article <1991Jan28.112723.15274@lth.se>, by magnus%thep.lu.se@Urd.lth.se (Magnus Olsson):
> [...]
> Users aren't stupid (at least, not most of them). However, most of them lack
> the energy and motivation to think like programmers.  [...]

It has nothing to do with motivation or intelligence.  It's just a matter
of cost-effectiveness.  If it takes longer to learn to do something than
the value of being able to do it - it's _more_ intelligent _not_ to
learn it.

> [...]                                                Instead of forcing people
> to adapt to computers, wouldn't it be much nicer if we adapted computers to 
> people? 

Exactly!!

J. Giles