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Not being able to program is the illiteracy of this century. While I agree with this sentiment, I think it's patently false. The vast majority of people have a
by cunninghamd 13y ago
Not being able to program is the illiteracy of this century.
While I agree with this sentiment, I think it's patently false. The vast majority of people have a hard enough time using Word or Excel, let alone being able to understand programming concepts or actually being able to program!
- cdash 13y agoI have a hard time using word because it always tries to fight what I am trying to do. It is a complicated piece of software that requires quite a bit of time investment to actually understand how everything works.
- yeahbutbut 13y agoIt's not false, the illiteracy is just as widespread as in an era before free public education.
- rbanffy 13y ago> The vast majority of people have a hard enough time using Word or Excel Being a majority doesn't prevent them from being illiterate. For most of human history illiteracy was the norm.