Evidence suggesting that young computer programmers have “bilingual brains”

Re:Evidence suggesting that young computer programmers have ... by dchichkov on Monday December 17, 2012 @05:07PM (#4934688)

Likely. But, I think that coding goes beyond language at some point. More of a visual and positional experience, like playing chess, rather than just language.

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Re:Evidence suggesting that young computer programmers have ... by penguat on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @11:41AM (#4938263)

I am occasionally aware of using my spatial memory to pin down parts of code - it might help that I am quite used to computer games, where you switch maps (The example that comes to mind is Deus Ex)

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