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ProdigalFrog to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 1 year ago

50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything

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50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything

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ProdigalFrog to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 1 year ago
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When Dartmouth College launched the Basic language 50 years ago, it enabled ordinary users to write code. Millions did. But we've gone backwards since then, and most users now seem unable or unwilling to create so much as a simple macro
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    Even the ones named Jeff?

    • @MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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      Those are lying, they’re all Mikes

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        Except Jeff, everybody knows Jeff is Jeff and not Mike, but he does seem like a Mike type, so everyone just call them Mike.

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