Re: MV Keys

On 3 Mar 2006 10:17:56 -0800, "Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Jon Heggland wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, a counterargument is that introducing lists implies more
>> complexity, less simplicity, and no change in power---the users gets the
>> additional burden of having to learn all the list operators, when they
>> don't really have to.
>
>That's a decent argument, but I think in the final analysis it
>doesn't hold up. Lists are really quite simple, so they don't
>add much cognitive load. Indeed, those from outside the
>RM world are already used to using lists for pretty much
>everything already, whether appropriate or not. The
>cost of having to learn all the list operators is prepaid,
>and was pocket change to begin with.

     So those from outside the RM world are not using lists correctly, yet you say lists are simple and that people have already learned them?

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Fri Mar 03 2006 - 23:13:59 CET