Re: Introductory Presentations, especially aimed at C++ programmers!

[Adam Jensen <hanzer@riseup.net>]

On 12/07/2016 12:06 PM, john@mccabe.org.uk wrote:
[snip]
> I thought it might be nice to pick one or two particular aspects of
Ada that are so much nicer than C++ and present them.


I would be most impressed by a computer programming technology if there
were epistemological and pedagogical sophistication in the human
interface materials. A simple way to start making improvements might be
by addressing the battology problem.

http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/Campaign-To-Cut-The-Clutter-Zinssers-Brackets.htm

It may also be useful if a community performed natural language analysis
on its human interface materials. There could probably be patterns to be
found that would suggest something about the culture. Conversely, style
guides, linguistic templates, controlled vocabularies, etc. could be
used in the human interface materials to promote a culture.

Lastly, the methods by which the educational and reference materials are
generated could be systematized. Rather than striving for a cult-like
social organization that surrounds a charismatic personality or a
fetishized technology, an engineered scientific organization
(rational-legal) would be a much more appropriate and interesting goal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_classification_of_authority

But, of course, putting on war paint and gibbering brainwashy hype over
an over while shaking your junk at a rival gang does seem to sell
tickets (I guess).