First I figure out how to do what I need to do, then I translate that into the constructs of the language, then I try it and it doesn’t work, and then I debug or figure it out :-).
It's a wonderful thing to have a language that matches how you think, an extension of your mind analogous to how physical tools can be an extension of your body, with a heft, weight and balance that causes them to leap to hand, and guide you at times.
But my particular tasks at the moment involve so much more work at the drawing board (the figuring stage) that having better tools doesn't actually help me - much as I would love them to.
It's very true that the tools you need depend on your personal way of thinking, the task, the stage of the task, and how many times you've done it.
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First I figure out how to do what I need to do, then I translate that into the constructs of the language, then I try it and it doesn’t work, and then I debug or figure it out :-).
It's a wonderful thing to have a language that matches how you think, an extension of your mind analogous to how physical tools can be an extension of your body, with a heft, weight and balance that causes them to leap to hand, and guide you at times.
But my particular tasks at the moment involve so much more work at the drawing board (the figuring stage) that having better tools doesn't actually help me - much as I would love them to.
It's very true that the tools you need depend on your personal way of thinking, the task, the stage of the task, and how many times you've done it.