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Re:Can Programming Be Liberated from the von Neumann Style? ... by Buttons840 on Monday December 19, 2016 @12:52PM (#13213338)
I think once someone has done enough programming to understand or care about being closer to the metal, they prefer what they already know, which is usually imperative languages.

I wonder which paradigm a total beginner would prefer? As a beginner they would not be influenced by "how the metal works" because they don't know or don't care. My guess is that beginners would prefer imperative languages as well, even though it has nothing to do with "the metal".

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Re:Can Programming Be Liberated from the von Neumann Style? ... by DigitalJack on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:02PM (#13214551)
My experience is that most software engineers don't really understand the hardware at all, so the idea that "how the hardware works" is influencing anything is a red-herring in my opinion. I say this as a hardware designer.
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