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uman · Jun 23rd, 2006, 2:54 PM

1) You can sometimes, and with some ideas, but not always.
2) Even if you can, that's just a side effect of it being a programming language. It's not the intended purpose and it's certainly not the definition.
3) Even if it were, a tool for "communicating ideas with others" is not the same as a "tool for thinking".
4) Even if it were, at which point Mr. Graham's definition would include programming languages, the definition is still too broad as it includes things besides programming languages.

Some people on the internet don't know how to debate, and so they pick one (rather unimportant) part of my argument and refute that. To prevent this from happening, I have numbered my points 1-4. With this particular argument my four points are cumulative; you have to disprove all of them to win the debate. Good luck, you'll need it.

Jun 23rd, 2006, 2:54 PM	#65
uman Expert Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 794 Rep Power: 4	1) You can sometimes, and with some ideas, but not always. 2) Even if you can, that's just a side effect of it being a programming language. It's not the intended purpose and it's certainly not the definition. 3) Even if it were, a tool for "communicating ideas with others" is not the same as a "tool for thinking". 4) Even if it were, at which point Mr. Graham's definition would include programming languages, the definition is still too broad as it includes things besides programming languages. Some people on the internet don't know how to debate, and so they pick one (rather unimportant) part of my argument and refute that. To prevent this from happening, I have numbered my points 1-4. With this particular argument my four points are cumulative; you have to disprove all of them to win the debate. Good luck, you'll need it. __________________ Few people deserve to be compared to (Rush) Limbaugh, most of them were convicted at the Nuremburg trials. --WilliamSChips on Slashdot