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"We'd probably have a couple more good programmers in this world just by breaking down that barrier." Couple more mediocre/bad programmers.
by axod 18y ago
"We'd probably have a couple more good programmers in this world just by breaking down that barrier."
Couple more mediocre/bad programmers.
- silentbicycle 18y agoEverybody starts somewhere.
- axod 18y agoSome people should never start. It's hard enough to tell the good programmers from the ridiculously bad programmers as it is.
- silentbicycle 18y agoI have mixed feelings about the sentiment, but mostly I feel like making setting up a development environment confusing probably isn't the best way to weed people out. Besides, a recent CS graduate who can't install Eclipse on their own is one thing, but a bright kid with books about programming from the public library that wants to move from QBASIC to C is another thing entirely.