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Re:Kids Should Know How to Code by kwhitefoot on Saturday August 12, 2017 @04:31AM (#14997046)
No.

Kids, and computer programmers, should be taught how to think and analyse.

Coding is what comes after analysis.

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Re:Kids Should Know How to Code by danso on Saturday August 12, 2017 @04:41AM (#14997073)
But coding, taught in tandem, can facilitate and reinforce analytical thinking.
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Re:Kids Should Know How to Code by kwhitefoot on Saturday August 12, 2017 @07:19AM (#14997464)
So can literary criticism.
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