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Hi DT,
Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 8:51:50 PM, you wrote:
DT> I still believe that AFL should reach directly the average user.
I agree, and I think TJ would too, because that is certainly where
the bulk of the market is.
So, how does this happen? Maybe I'm a good person to make a
suggestion here, because perhaps I typify the "average user" in many
respects.
I am a non-programmer. I think most people are non-programmers (at
least, people who are not natives of India). ^^_^^ For me, there
are two difficulties. First, coming up with the algorithm that will
do what I want is not easy at all for me. Some good examples of how
to do this would be appreciated by the many non-programmer types out
there, I'm sure. It takes a good deal of time and energy to get into
this mode of thinking. Some short course would be helpful. Once I
have the algorithm (and this is often *more* than half the battle), I
have to translate that to AFL. Sometimes, the former is much harder
than the latter, although when you really get complex the latter is
no picnic either.
So, to reach the "average user", I think some good explanations of
how to approach finding the right algorithm are in order, full of
easy to understand examples that get progressively more complex. Then
an explanation of how to go from algorithm to AFL is in order.
A lot of programmers try and teach the language before they have
taught algorithm solving. That's because to them finding the
algorithm is rather automatic. Years and years of practice and
thinking that way have made it rather automatic. But to
non-programmers unused to finding algorithms to solve problems, this
is often the most difficult step. You want to learn the language, of
course. But until you know how to come up with good algorithms, the
language alone won't do you much good.
My experiences traveling down this troublesome highway, anyway.
Best,
Yuki
P.S. I think this is what is most difficult about "Help files".
Mostly, they are written by programmers, and they assume you know way
too much. ^_-
I think a lot of people ask for help not so much because they can't
master the language, but because they can't come up with the
algorithm that will do what they want to do. Maybe I'm wrong, but
that is my personal experience and take on this.
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