Also the better the programmer. Certainly, the ability to analogize logic is useful in implementing solutions but being too tethered to existing logic is a constructive ceiling for a lot of people.
Something I taught my 11 yo today: Some amount of programming consists of copying and pasting lines you've already written, and then changing a few parameters. But the better the language, the less of this you do.
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The better the programmer can abstract & encapsulate the problem, the less copying & pasting will be required
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My understanding is that language design can have an influence on how much you naturally end up abstracting things well. I'm not sure but it seems like the annoying limitations of lisp dialects actually force you to write re-usable functions everywhere.
@paulg could confirm mayb
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It was an explicit goal of Bel. More generally it will tend to be true of any language with real (= arbitrary operations on parse trees) macros and higher-order functions. http://paulgraham.com/bel.html
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you inspired me to checkout LISP. I don't think I spent more than an hour with it. Someday......... Maybe :)
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Unless this constrains you as a developer. Rewriting some code gives you the chance to enhance it and learn more, especially if you are a novice.
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