[pasquinelli]

taking it to computer languages seems iffy to me. i started with basic, and in no way do i think in basic. in fact, i wouldn't say i think in any particular programming language. if i were to venture a guess, i would say this is because no computer language is anyone's first language. when we write a program, we're reducing our entire natural reasoning about the program into abstractions that fit the language we're using, and then translating those abstractions into actual code.