More D newb questions.

[Me Here]

Janice Caron wrote:

> On 08/05/2008, Me Here <p9e883002 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >  Even kids wouldn't be
> >  confused.
> 
> Are you sure about that? Try asking a kid who's young enough to be
> interesting in stacking lego bricks together: What is the difference
> between a single brick, and a stack of one brick?

That's an interesting question. I will try that out on my grand nephew next
time I see him. He's 5, loves Lego and has reashed the point where he is trying
to use them to build things that look like real things, not just patterns and
whatnot. It might be a little difficult to explain the concept of a stack of 1
to him. I'm pretty sure that his 8 year old sister would have no problem
grasping the concept so long as I used her gazilions of penguin or hippo toys
instead of Lego.

Pursuading programmers that there is little conceptual difference between a
single char and a string of one char, and that they should be usable
interchangably? Now that could be a real challenge :)

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