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I never liked anthropomorphic neotenized animals. Create a programming language with transformers or thundercats not a cat on meds (j/k, that project is cool, b
by partycoder 10y ago
I never liked anthropomorphic neotenized animals. Create a programming language with transformers or thundercats not a cat on meds (j/k, that project is cool, but you know what I mean!).
I learned to program with QBasic and I know many others learned to program with the ZX Spectrum or similar machines.
If kids can learn the abstractions of the English language, be high dans in Go, get accepted into college, and achieve incredible things, they can learn programming too.
I highly recommend the book "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman", especially the chapter about how he fixed radios. This really reflects the magic of learning as a kid.
- jacalata 10y agoThe question is whether you want learning programming at 14 to be as rare as getting accepted into college at 14.
- partycoder 10y agoWhat I think is that education systems will evolve eventually that will be a reality for the ordinary person. Text from educational materials can be optimized for readability, and explanations/illustrations can be enhanced to be more interactive and immersive (e.g: VR).
- sssilver 10y agoI learned to program with QBasic and it took me colossal effort and time to kick that crap out of my head and actually understand programming. At 31, I'm still not sure I'm completely over that.