[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       racket-users
Subject:    [plt-scheme] The historical role/value of set-car! and set-cdr!
From:       noelwelsh () gmail ! com (Noel Welsh)
Date:       2008-01-28 9:50:37
Message-ID: c2b7813c0801280150g3583ed7h6c6c336b4cd6832e () mail ! gmail ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

On Jan 27, 2008 10:44 PM, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> This question doesn't seem all that specific to programming. :)

Agreed.  What little I've read of the skill acquisition literature
suggests i) the main determinant of skill is practice time and ii)
improvement is logarithmic with time.  I don't see any reason
programming would differ.

Discipline certainly is a choice, that once chosen becomes a habit.
It is difficult to start but it's the easiest thing in the world to
keep a habit going.

I sometimes think my worst students are my most disciplined -- the
effort they put into avoiding work can be truly phenomenal. :)

N.


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]