-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 05/10/15 20:50, Nathan Bouscal wrote:
There have been a lot of objections based on the idea that learners will consult books that are out of date, but the number of learners affected by this is dwarfed by the number of learners who will use updated materials and be confused by this strange historical artifact. Permanently-enshrined historical artifacts accrete forever and cause linear confusion, whereas outdated materials are inevitably replaced such that the amount of confusion remains constant. Thank you for making this point
I would be very saddened if the appeal to history (i.e. technical debt) would halt our momentum. That's what happens to most things both in and out of computer science. And it's honestly depressing. - -- Alexander alexander@plaimi.net https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWEvnNAAoJENQqWdRUGk8BrqEQAKcWj2Gv/4gVzTq++m1lU+r1 9TxdBXG+V+y66yyqpZAv4tOOCVtkDYR6/qUGtpYO5cdmh8mYKh5PUvb/p/l1AUQl Ug8gVO+u+yvwkVif8Jhhl+e8JqYGPgH6+lUvA8VE47VNkYGKMsNlXFYPik8Sc22w 6EhS7SRhR57quOclQw2NRIxS4F3ZqE7YKkXETId9QBtder9e6OEYdc4pQivcr46H FHzK3ybRF80U/3lKivPFo/114ICrS0l/Mneqf2ITLso6HFAZXhms5RzuSOaxLSbI xAV2k9gRv6cPWdMgx7DCjiOOsNc78peAcqwlEdQ5dJWGs5fu70hsKqNAL3LYCmRC YTcC2F1kJmuKYucHzfDLFYiVgbn03ehZkkx4b9NFQyHwj8rBNn4E4JspjOR/ej9w p3e3lGCj/Voouq+bIb5AAlp01Bioxew/+ewQeI739js9b9LE0wZQvFbYfngxdmf4 Z7IADHsfou7xtiChXbSkOlOEI3mDYTXXxeTSmF/OY7HVnCReCKtVa0Aj5j9G116V LrMeUegOFMazlbpyG2GGvp7zD/3xTH3v6zpNcj8ijsCIXtch7ygebA5ecXZ0m30s y6VoVMPkQtHdAaaO5qi7MY+/cSNAiJdEcKR4hSZxPrFqUsiOJ006FMhh1PcSRjBx 3IMLL+8mPsvTnfWDj+NY =Mwbu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----