Re: computer-go: And what about the hardware?

[Peter <leela@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 01:36:49PM -0500, Don Dailey wrote:
> 
> I've  always  been  struck by  how  much  language,  whether  human or
> computer affects the way we think.  We all carry on internal dialogues
> with ourselves (talking to  ourselves) and as far  as I know we all do
> it in some language we are familiar with.  There are certain things we
> are aware of (feelings and moods) that  we don't always "verbalize" so
> we apparantly don't absolutely need a  highly structured language, but
> it seems to help a lot.  I can't imagine reasoning something out in my
> mind without verbalizing it internally.

Hmm...I have the exact oppsite experience. I often reason something
out non-verbally, and then have to try to verbalise it to explain it
to someone or to implement it or whatever.
 
> Any of us  who use many   computer languages probably  realize that we
> might  approach problems  differently  if we  use different languages.
> The language encourages us down certain pathways.  A simple example of

Opposite experience again. I "find" a certain solution/implementation
to a problem. If the language I am programming in (or have to program
in) doesn't have that particular construct it is a lot of extra
problems for me, but the absence of that construct does not change my
approach to the problem.

Anyway...that's just me...
-peter