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>We have a standardised desktop operating system that is familiar to nearly every computer user on the planet, And then there's Windows 8. Also, while we're o
by jamieb 13y ago
>We have a standardised desktop operating system that is familiar to nearly every computer user on the planet,
And then there's Windows 8.
Also, while we're on the subject, my 8 year old can put together an amazing Keynote presentation on an iPad. She has never used a Windows OS.
- dragonbonheur 13y ago8 year olds used to put together and modify games in BASIC. Microsoft BASIC. How low we've fallen...
- mthoms 13y agoAre you saying there's less 8 year old programmers now than there used to be? That's just silly.
- dchichkov 13y agoYep. All the good once are stuck playing *craft games. Find a modern 8-year old, who understand PC circuitry (at analog and digital level), seen manufacturing processes, can re-solder components, can write C/assembly, can develop basic useful applications (like, say MS Paint). I bet you could easily find one like that, back in 70s-90s, particularly here in the silicon valley. Now - I'm not so sure.
- mthoms 13y agoI'm going to call you on that. First for moving the goal posts and second for generalizing without any backup whatsoever. From "Basic -> C/assembly"? Wow. That escalated quickly.
- bkumar86 13y agoIs'nt it the logical transition, at least in some schools it was, and i was thought the same way, begin with BASIC, and then as our curiosity increased we moved onto c and 8051 hardware/assembly.