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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Retro-Computing!
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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 00:27:20 GMT
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In article <massagja-0304950924350001@sprawl.byu.edu>,
John Massaglia <massagja@pegate.byu.edu> wrote:
>What makes you think that people write linearly because they think linearly?

Does it matter? The dominant method for communicating complex concepts is
now, and will for the forseeable future remain, writing. There's no benefit
in attempting to design a programming methodology that isn't based in the
largest part on linear text, except as an academic excersize.
