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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
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Subject: Re: *\"LDA\" ok?
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Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 14:36:28 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 22 14:36:28 1987
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In article <8088@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>All I want to know is this:  Why does it take so long for some
>programmers to see this, and how can we speed up the process?

Seems to me the issue is more basic -- that people are trying to
GUESS how things work rather than study a good text (of which
there are several, Tom Plum's among them) to KNOW how they work.
If this assessment is correct, then the issue is really:  How do
we encourage the development of more precise thinking rather
than fuzzy, approximate thinking?  This is probably something
best attempted while the very young are still developing their
characteristic methods of thought; remedial action at an
advanced age is much more difficult.  It's hard enough anyway,
given the dominant state of our culture.