natewalck

I love how on HN you can make a statement like this with zero evidence and it doesn't get downvoted. If someone were to do the same for a tightly held HN friendly view, you would be crucified.

Show me the numbers. What percent of homeschoolers are radical Christiana? Every home schooler I personally know is atheist/agnostic, well educated and want to make sure their kids get a solid education. (Because the public school system isn't delivering). If we are going on personal experience or assumptions, then my view is equally valid, if not more so as I have 5 data points :)

Whenever I approach a new language, I read a book on it and go through the code in my head. I am a very visual person, so I practice visualizing what is happening as I read it. Once I have a proper mental model, I find I have a much easier time writing it on a computer. Perhaps one gets faster at visualizing code, but I've always found that I tend to be slower to learn new languages, but have a solid grasp once a good mental model is made.

I'll definitely take a look at some of the languages mentioned in this thread that are made to be done on paper. Sounds like a great exercise.