Re: OT: Beauty of programming languages

[David Kastrup]

Alexander Kobel <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2015-09-12 02:17, Tim Reeves wrote:
>>  > Am 11.09.2015 um 20:17 schrieb David Bellows:
>>  > > Urs, I'd still like to see a poll or at least all the answers
>>  > > collected and analyzed etc.
>>  >
>>  > I didn't intend to drop that poll idea.
>>  > But I find this thread very interesting and also touching, and it should
>>  > not be just buried in the mailing list archive. We should let it fade
>>  > out and then see if we can give it a decent place somewhere.
>>  >
>>  > Urs
>>
>>
>> So far, in the small, non-random sample we have, it looks like the
>> average user's age is somewhere around 60. I guess you can teach old
>> dogs new tricks! ;)
>
> Well, another interpretation is that to be able to spend the amount of
> time required for using LilyPond, you need to be either retired or (by
> profession) really desperately in need for its specific feature set...

Actually, it's more like if you're trying to teach old tricks, you
better look for old dogs.

Text-based entry is an old trick in computing terms.  It appeals to
people considering a keyboard as the principal means of input and who
think of a mouse primarily as the main enemy of punch cards.

Now I'd like to think that this should generally make sense to the
average musician, given that a lot more people play pianos, organs,
flutes and other instruments with digital 10-finger input than, say
theremins or other vague pointing instruments.

But I have to admit that bowed strings have quite a bit of analog input,
and a trumpet does not sport more buttons than the average mouse these
days.

-- 
David Kastrup