Re: RFC: Extending method specializers



Slava Akhmechet wrote:
Ken Tilton <kennytilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


Like someone just learning to play the piano who falls in love with D
minor, the saddest of all keys, and wants to play nothing else. This
we call a disease, as in to be cured.

Not a natural part of a learning process?


Non sequitor. A natural part of a learning process /is/ getting stuck in false minima, and indeed one of the biggest contributions of a coach is spotting and, um, curing these blocks.

kt

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