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Not only that, but speaking as someone who taught himself 6502 assembly on an Apple II+ as a 15-year-old, I can state categorically that I would never be able t
by CamperBob 17y ago
Not only that, but speaking as someone who taught himself 6502 assembly on an Apple II+ as a 15-year-old, I can state categorically that I would never be able to repeat that feat today, with the insane complexity and bewildering diversity of modern languages and environments.
Oh, I'm sure my 15-year-old self could picked up Python scripting or the like, but C++? Nunh-uh. No way. I'm always impressed when I see some kid teaching him/herself advanced programming languages. Even with the Internet at your disposal, becoming a serious programmer these days is hard for anyone with a sub-genius IQ.
- jacquesm 17y agoI got in to coding very young and I didn't really 'grok' it until one day it all fell in to place, the proverbial 'a-ha' moment, and overnight I went from programming 10 or 15 line little 'helpers' to work out little electronics problems to a 3000 line piece to compose sheetmusic on the screen :) The low barrier to entry was definitely a big factor in hanging in there, getting some results and learning from that.
- eru 17y agoYou seem to imply that Python scripting is less advanced than C++? Certainly, C++ is (unnecessarily) harder to learn and use. You can still learn programming today easily. Command lines are still available.
- berntb 17y agoI did C++ as my first real OO language. It was quite a lot. I don't think it'd be hard to learn C++ if you knew C and Java (or a scripting language with OO). Courses that start programming with C++ seems to teach a subset first ("a better C"). Edit: Disclaimer: A few years after learning C++, I skipped all the low level stuff and almost only do scripting languages. I might not be C++'s largest fan. :-)