[Sigia-l] Programming IAs was: Little things an IA MUST know/do

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"George Olsen" wrote:

> It's still useful to actually do some hands-on coding, but you can learn the
> basic concepts without doing so.

I doubt it.

Since we're making analogies with abandon, that'd be like trying to pass as
a good cook just because you can read/write good restaurant reviews.

I agree with most of your points, except the above. I doubt you would be
able to '_think_ in programming terms' without having done some scripting of
various kinds that you cited. Sometimes you just have to get your hands
dirty.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba