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That seems so strange to me since I always think of Japan as being so technologically advanced. Granted, even here in the USA programming used to be considered
by Jemmeh 11y ago
That seems so strange to me since I always think of Japan as being so technologically advanced.
Granted, even here in the USA programming used to be considered "women's work", mostly revolving around planning and organization. So they passed it off to secretaries. I just didn't think that was something that was still happening.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/computer-programming-used-to-be-womens-work-718061/?no-ist http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/computer-programmin...
- sosborn 11y ago> I always think of Japan as being so technologically advanced. Ask anyone who has lived in Japan for a sufficient period of time and they will laugh at this statement, especially as it relates to programming.
- Jemmeh 11y agoI was thinking about robotics and consumer electronics mostly. I see that in the news a lot. There's even a wiki page about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Japa...
- hga 11y agoAs I understand it, a lot of the early foundation Japanese PCs werr delayed by the need to support kanji for all but the most dedicated hacker. So higher resolution screens, initially lots of ROM to store the glyphs, and of course input methods to easily convert kana to kanji. Or you could just hand print messages and send them by fax....
- sosborn 11y agoI can see how people think this, but once you live here you see the reality. There are sectors though where Japan is still pretty damn advanced, but you don't necessarily notice it in daily life. A great example is precision manufacturing - they are awesome at it.