Programmer's Stone
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The Programmer's Stone is a theory and course on how to think in order to be an effective computer programmer put together by Alan G. Carter and Colston Sanger in 1997.
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[edit] Background
Carter originated the course from trying to explain the well-known phenomenon of some programmers being ten or even a hundred times as productive as others, by several measures, and the thinking patterns this would require.
[edit] Thesis
The central notion of the Programmer's Stone is that there are two methods of thought, mapping and packing; that mappers make highly effective programmers, whereas packers do not; and that packers can be taught mapping and hence become effective programmers.
[edit] Sequel
After the Programmer's Stone, Carter developed the notions found in it into a personal cosmology called Reciprocality. He later revised and re-presented the same set of ideas in the form a book entitled The Third Age of the World: Magic and Science in the 21st Century, which is available online.
[edit] External links
- Programmer's Stone home page
- Slashdot discussion of the Programmer's Stone
- ProgrammersStone entry and discussion on the c2.com Wiki
- Reciprocality home page
- The Third Age of the World
- RelatedYahoo listserv with archive
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