The Next Mainstream Programming Language: A Game Developer'sPerspective:: Redux

[Bruno Medeiros]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Pragma,
> 
>> There are moments where I wish I could think *like* Rain Man,
>> especially when it comes to concurrency.
>>
> [...]
>> If nothing else, it illustrates that there's something
>> extraordinary about such abilities that may be permanently
>> out-of-reach for normal people, despite the fact that some people are
>> just born that way.
>>
> 
> I have wondered if this is something like incomputableity with regards 
> to a Turing machine. Might the normal brain be like a Turing machine and 
> the autistic brain be something like a brain not limited in the same 
> way? Given that some people can, for instance, identify large primes in 
> near constant time, I'd say this is a distinct possibility.
> 
> At risk of sounding politically incorrect; does anyone known of an 
> autistic person who might be interested in learning programming?
> 
> 

Autism is not synonymous with savantism, which is what you where 
thinking of.

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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
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