<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Richard O'Keefe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ok@cs.otago.ac.nz">ok@cs.otago.ac.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> Programmers understand how variable reassignment and multiple function<br>
> call returns work: every beginner programming language includes them.<br>
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</div>Not so: Melbourne University used to use Miranda as their beginner<br>
programming language, and it doesn't include those things.<br></blockquote></div><br>Perhaps a better way to phrase that argument is: most programmers today are not used to it, and a large number (perhaps irrationally) detest it.<br>
<br>As to whether or not this group of programmers would make good Erlang programmers is another question...<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Tony Arcieri<br><a href="http://medioh.com">medioh.com</a><br>