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Re:Principles for Programming Languages for Learners by yawn on Monday August 29, 2016 @09:21AM (#12381650)
"is all that's needed to start programming"

No it's not. You first have to know that it's a thing that you might be able to do. Who knows what other barriers are there unless they live it?

Re:Principles for Programming Languages for Learners by AstralStorm on Monday August 29, 2016 @09:39AM (#12381736)
Hardware is relatively cheap, time is not.