I like levels-of-recursion as a shortcut for cognitive complexity. Having spent the greater part of my working life as a corporate lawyer, the most draining work per minute of time was complex drafting, precisely because it requires the draftsman to fix multiple concepts in their mind simultaneously and hold them there until the paragraph is finished. I’ve found programming similar in terms of butting up against my own cognitive limits.
Thanks for the gods_txt stuff. You just created another time sink for me. If only I had willpower then how much more would I have accomplished... but what price is beauty and darkness? ;)
Interesting idea - could we program a computer without an IF THEN function? Using whatever the Piraha do for logical thinking...
I like levels-of-recursion as a shortcut for cognitive complexity. Having spent the greater part of my working life as a corporate lawyer, the most draining work per minute of time was complex drafting, precisely because it requires the draftsman to fix multiple concepts in their mind simultaneously and hold them there until the paragraph is finished. I’ve found programming similar in terms of butting up against my own cognitive limits.
GK Chesterton’s essay “on the novel with a purpose” comes to mind here.
Thanks for the gods_txt stuff. You just created another time sink for me. If only I had willpower then how much more would I have accomplished... but what price is beauty and darkness? ;)
Interesting idea - could we program a computer without an IF THEN function? Using whatever the Piraha do for logical thinking...