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Re:A Hacker Writes a Children's Book by air7 on Friday December 08, 2017 @04:13PM (#15882093)
Programming (IMHO) is the art of explaining things 100% explicitly. I have no idea how to convey that concept to children in an artist way, but I feel it's not through Garbage Collection, Inheritance and Source Control. This seems like a cool holiday gift for adult programmers but for kids, I think it doesn't really touch the core idea.

(Just my 2c)

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Re:A Hacker Writes a Children's Book by falsedan on Friday December 08, 2017 @08:23PM (#15883625)
I'd write a story about a kid who found a incredible machine which did exactly what she asked it to (even when it made no sense). And because I think it's an important thing to teach, I'd show that, as the kid tries easy and hard tasks, she gets better at doing them.

Children are sophisticated learners, and are quite able to understand metaphors & use analogous reasoning to understand new concepts.

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Re:A Hacker Writes a Children's Book by phirschybar on Friday December 08, 2017 @10:55PM (#15884200)
agreed. this seems to be more for adults. in fact since so much of it is about monetization it might have been wise to go ALL-IN on the adult concept and add some humor that would appeal entirely to adult programmers. could have a big seller!
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