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Re:Microsoft open sources parts of Minecraft: Java Edition by kbumsik on Saturday October 06, 2018 @04:31PM (#18157098)
> Two of the most boring parts of Minecraft, unfortunately. Both are something your average first year CS student could put together in a weekend or two.

So sad that it's like average second year in my school's curriculum.

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Re:Microsoft open sources parts of Minecraft: Java Edition by kbenson on Saturday October 06, 2018 @04:38PM (#18157130)
Well, when I was in school, it was honestly a toss up whether the median student had ever looked at source code prior to college. Tech company booms and busts do stuff like that.
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Re:Microsoft open sources parts of Minecraft: Java Edition by herpes on Saturday October 06, 2018 @08:14PM (#18158117)
Sad indeed. In my country, programming at all is taught to preschoolers as a distraction.
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