RE: RE: The Big Test

I think a human brain works more like a hash than an array or list. Do we associate things in our brains sequentially? I sure don't. That would require a lot of time to remember something early (or late) in life. I think our brains work like hashes of hashes (of hashes...) -- and no, I'm not insane, I'm thinking in terms of Perl, and how a brain would work if it was Perl.

Hmm, I'm stopping this here and opening a new meditation. See you there in a bit. Look for something like How do our brains work?...

$_="goto+F.print+chop;\n=yhpaj";F1:eval

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RE: RE: RE: The Big Test by swiftone (Curate) on Oct 17, 2000 at 20:05 UTC
I'm posting in reply to this because this post is more relavent to this thread. I think you've outlined the basic problem: You are thinking of your brain and thought processes in Perl terms. New programmers don't KNOW those terms, so they don't view their own mental processes in that framework. When we learn to think in the Perl framework, we become better programmers. Thinking in frameworks happens in all sorts of things. Role Players are often heard to describe themselves/movies/most anything in terms of their favorite game.	[reply]

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RE: RE: RE: The Big Test
by swiftone (Curate) on Oct 17, 2000 at 20:05 UTC

I think you've outlined the basic problem: You are thinking of your brain and thought processes in Perl terms. New programmers don't KNOW those terms, so they don't view their own mental processes in that framework. When we learn to think in the Perl framework, we become better programmers.

Thinking in frameworks happens in all sorts of things. Role Players are often heard to describe themselves/movies/most anything in terms of their favorite game.

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