+In my life as an artchitect, I find that the single thing which inhibits +young professionals, new students most severely, is their acceptance of +standards that are too low. If I ask a student whether her design is as +good as Chartres, she often smiles tolerantly at me as if to say, "Of +course not, that isn't what I am trying to do...I could never do that." +
+Then, I express my disagreement, and tell her: "That standard must be +our standard. If you are going to be a builder, no other standard is +worthwhile." +
+--Christopher Alexander, May 1996 in (Patterns of Software, Gabriel) +
+
The best programming language is English. Everything else is notation. diff --git a/src/axiom-website/litprog.html b/src/axiom-website/litprog.html index ad5a706..76620b2 100644 --- a/src/axiom-website/litprog.html +++ b/src/axiom-website/litprog.html @@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ We program to communicate to the machine, not to communicate to people.
1.2 Is there a better way?
++In my life as an artchitect, I find that the single thing which inhibits +young professionals, new students most severely, is their acceptance of +standards that are too low. If I ask a student whether her design is as +good as Chartres, she often smiles tolerantly at me as if to say, "Of +course not, that isn't what I am trying to do...I could never do that." +
+Then, I express my disagreement, and tell her: "That standard must be +our standard. If you are going to be a builder, no other standard is +worthwhile." +
+--Christopher Alexander, May 1996 in (Patterns of Software, Gabriel) +
+Consider the best possible world. You've been hired at a company and join a team that is already working on a program. They hand you a book, diff --git a/src/axiom-website/patches.html b/src/axiom-website/patches.html index a3cc5ef..0d10bda 100644 --- a/src/axiom-website/patches.html +++ b/src/axiom-website/patches.html @@ -3696,5 +3696,7 @@ books/bookvol9 treeshake compiler
books/bookvolbib add additional references
20111124.04.tpd.patch books/bookvol9 treeshake compiler
+20111129.01.tpd.patch +src/axiom-website/litprog.html literate program example