Re: Schools working to overhaul the art of computer programming (The Columbian)

On Mon, 28 May 2007 19:30:43 +0000, Richard Heathfield wrote:

toby said:

On May 28, 3:01 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
jg.campbell...@xxxxxxxxx said:

On May 28, 9:10 am, Richard Heathfield <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
a...@xxxxxxxxxx said:

http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=computer-programming

It sounds remarkably like the LOGO turtle of the early 1970s. Plus
ca change, plus ca meme chose.
^^^^ c'est la

You'll find quite a few Web hits for my version, which suggests that
it has a certain mind-share -

It's not a question of "mindshare";

Mind-share is certainly a factor when it comes to language usage. I
abhor the fact that a very useful English word, 'gay', has been hijacked
by a minority community so successfully that very few people realise it
ever had an earlier meaning - and so that meaning will eventually be
lost, except in dusty reference books.

Of course any language is in a constant state of flux, "hijacking" of
words being a common mechanism of change. Bemoaning the fact simply makes
you sound fogeyish.

Interestingly, in southern English teen-speak the word "gay" appeared to
have gained (and then, within a mere couple of years, lost) currency with
yet another meaning - something like "cool" (as in "so-and-so is well
gay").

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Lionel B
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