Re:Thinking About Recursion
by lutusp on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @08:06PM
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Quote: "These are variables, and when I've been teaching people to program sometimes I see the light dawn when they realise that a variable name is like a box with the name on the outside."
Yes. Maybe there could be some algebra in advance of -- or alongside -- early coding lessons, where this idea is central to both fields. One variable name, any numeric value.
It's the same with functions, the lifeblood of analysis -- one function name, any equation. So in a perfect world, people would be learning calculus and general analysis while writing their first program functions -- indeed, they might be learning higher math while coding their lesson materials at the same time.
Yes. Maybe there could be some algebra in advance of -- or alongside -- early coding lessons, where this idea is central to both fields. One variable name, any numeric value.
It's the same with functions, the lifeblood of analysis -- one function name, any equation. So in a perfect world, people would be learning calculus and general analysis while writing their first program functions -- indeed, they might be learning higher math while coding their lesson materials at the same time.
http://arachnoid.com/calculus