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not a reflection, but (Score:1)

by slanning (5049)

A programming language should not be a reflection of how the designer thinks.

It'll always be some kind of homeomorphism of how he/she/it thinks, though, won't it?
- Re:not a reflection, but (Score:2)
  
  by schwern (1528) on 2008.02.01 0:03 (#60810) Homepage Journal
  
  It'll always be some kind of homeomorphism of how he/she/it thinks, though, won't it?
  Not if there's more than one person designing it.
  
  Even if there is one person, a good designer can think like their users instead of thinking they are the user. This is why designers go to design school. :)
  
  One can argue that the biases of the designer(s) will always be reflected in the design, but hopefully not quite so clearly as with Arc.
  
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