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Optikos <ZUERCHER_Andreas@outlook.com> writes:
> I think that there are 2 kinds of beginners to programming:
> 1) mathematicians at heart...  2) electrical engineers at heart

That's a very interesting way to look at things!  But, I think you have
to add architects, zoologists, and maybe a few other types.  RMS used to
say that working inside a big program was like building a city.  You had
to design new stuff, adapt old stuff, undertake urban renewal projects,
etc.  I guess that's not a beginner viewpoint though.