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Well said! Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bret" <echoplex@yahoo.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 6:15 PM Subject: Re: FCB 1010--step by step guide > I'm not so sure the fish(ing) analogy fits well enough here. > > Give a person working examples of programming, and they both have > something that they can use for that moment (eat the fish), and they > have a (working) reference to study and modify to their unique needs > (learn to catch fish yourself). If they screw up in their personal > attempts, they can still go back to the working reference to try to > debug their own (non working) attempt, and teach themselves to 'fish' > like the master who gave them the working example. > > Unlike eating a fish, using a someone elses program (or patch) does not > preclude the possibility to use it again and again, and change it when > you are ready to learn to program, and return to the first fish if you > can't catch your own. > The utility of fish once used is gone, programs endure and work again > and again. > bret > > --- Stuart Wyatt <stuart@solostring.com> wrote: > > > > On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 09:18 AM, Mark Sottilaro wrote: > > > > > Well, let's agree to disagree. I really think we're talking about > > a > > > "Give a man a fish/ Teach a man to fish..." deal. > > > > :) I'm not saying that your idea is wrong either.... Its just to give > > > > the looper a choice.... > > -- > > Stuart Wyatt : The Solo String Project : http://solostring.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com >