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So true: If you can program, you are a programmer. How you came about this knowledge is insignificant. However, the post was about the fastest way to learn pro
by Derbasti 15y ago
So true: If you can program, you are a programmer. How you came about this knowledge is insignificant.
However, the post was about the fastest way to learn programming and books are a terrific way to do that. Not the only one. Maybe not the best one for you. But for many people, books work great!
- icebraining 15y agoHow you came about this knowledge is insignificant. Yes, but these books teach you more than writing something that compiles. Just read the ToC of SICP: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#%_toc_start http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#...
- henrikschroder 15y agoSo what? That's not what the original question was about. It was about how to get someone to be able to program in C#, and giving that person some theoretical books on computer science is probably a very bad idea. Some people learn very well just by reading a book, most people don't. It's impossible to answer the original question in a good way without knowing how that person learns best, what he knows beforehand, what he's done so far, and what he wants to use programming for.
- Derbasti 15y agoAre you implying that self-taught programmers can only ever write 'something that compiles'? Because frankly, the best programmers I have met thus far have largely not studied computer sciences.