ProdigalFrog to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 3 days ago50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anythingwww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down19
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minus-square@FizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilink2•3 days agoRight but it isn’t “the basics of how a computer works” that drives people to learn programming is it? Nobody says “aha, now that I know what Giles and folders are I will become a programmer”. People become programmers for other reasons: They want to make something (e.g. a game). They are naturally interested in computers. Money.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoNo, but you need to know the basics of how a computer works to program. And if you are interested in computers, you are going to learn how they work.
Right but it isn’t “the basics of how a computer works” that drives people to learn programming is it?
Nobody says “aha, now that I know what Giles and folders are I will become a programmer”.
People become programmers for other reasons:
No, but you need to know the basics of how a computer works to program. And if you are interested in computers, you are going to learn how they work.