[ExI] focus

[David Lubkin]

Spike wrote:

>Then a subsequent thought occurred to me: the kinds of focus and 
>mastery of multiple variables are exactly the skills needed in order 
>to code worth half a damn.
>
>Until pretty recently, children were never really given the kind of 
>training necessary for them to develop into decent 
>programmers.  Coders, what say ye?

There are many skills required to be good at programming. Essential 
ones that I think current kids are not taught is rigorous deductive 
reasoning, precision in thought, attention to detail, and objective 
consideration of evidence.


--  David.