[Edu-sig] Microsoft's KPL

[Chuck Allison]

Hello Arthur,

Saturday, October 8, 2005, 1:25:44 PM, you wrote:

A> I recently read Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters"  - which was not the
A> book I was expecting it to be.  It was more a book about business, and
A> organization to do business - and less a book about programming. He talks
A> unabashedly from his own frame of reference (good approach ;))- which
A> happens to be the frame of reference of a talented programmer looking to use
A> his talent to put himself beyond the clutches of financial insecurity.

Which I think those of us on this list are (although money is not my
main focus - programming and teaching are).

A> He had much to say relevant to a few strains of this discussion (small
A> business vs. large, affiliation vs., non-affiliation, etc.).  

A> But as much as I enjoy (and employ) the "personal frame of reference
A> approach", the book is also a frustrating read on that account.

A> Kind of like it's a 3 step approach:

A> 1) Become a world class programmer..

A> Thanks.

A> Not too surprising I lost some focus when it came to the discussion of
A> points 2 and 3.

Ironically, my local reading group is reading that book *right now*. I
loved Chapter 1, as it does expose a thing or two about our secondary
educational environments.

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Best regards,
 Chuck