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Writing that changed how I think about programming languages

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445 points r4um | 1 comments | 14 May 25 04:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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7thaccount ◴[14 May 25 12:15 UTC] No.43983602[source]▶
Regarding weird development methods of interest...Aaron Hsu of APL fame writes a lot of code in calligraphy with fountain pens when trying to organize his thoughts. I do something kind of similar, but in print with a crummy bic pen and a flow chart of Python objects (kind of like poor man's UML).
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1. cvoss ◴[14 May 25 14:14 UTC] No.43984804[source]▶
I also turn to a fountain pen for the hardest problems. It puts me in a completely different head space. Something about the limited editing ability forces more coherent, linear thought, but also the freedom to seamlessly switch between English, code, math, and diagrams opens up the creativity.