On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Rich Cooper wrote:
> Hi Seab, (01)
It's Sean; he typo'd. (02)
> Agreed. FOL is purely declarative. That is both its strength and its
>weakness as a communicable representation.
>
> People naturally mix declarative and procedural concepts because those are
>the ways they act in normal life, therefore it echoes in their conversations
>and attitudes through repeated situations.
>
> Purely declarative representations are great for some things, lousy for
>others. (03)
The same triviality holds of any tool, of course. (04)
> Try teaching a kid to ride a bike declaratively, and you will quickly
>transition into How-To phrases instead of What-Is phrases. Try detailing a
>practice and procedure document without How-To declarative phrases and the
>other extreme comes into view.
>
> Both views are needed. Either one is like watching an old black-and-white
>movie in all black or all white. There isn’t much to see. (05)
Then again, someone who's color-blind watching a full color movie might get the
same impression. Not much to see if you aren't capable of seeing it. (06)
-chris (07)
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