On: The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985)

[sidcool]

It's not sarcasm. I really interpreted the article this way. Might not be the correct interpretation.

[javert → sidcool]

You got it right.

Perhaps a better way to put it would be to say that the article teaches by demonstration instead of teaching by assertion.

[smasuch → javert]

But, it's a fictional story. I can make up a fictional story to demonstrate anything, regardless if it's true in the real world.