Do you actually like programming? Or is it just a means to an end for you?

Re:Do you actually like programming? Or is it just a means ... by ruddzw on Friday March 13, 2009 @08:44PM (#515501)

Programming is extremely interesting to me, and a lot of fun to do. In the same way, grammar is interesting to me as well. What do you think linguists study?

I think there's a certain kind of mind that would rather figure out how to do something than come up with that something in the first place. If you're interested in both, then all the better, but if you're only one, there's nothing wrong with that.

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Re:Do you actually like programming? Or is it just a means ... by alanthonyc on Saturday March 14, 2009 @02:42AM (#515695)

Linguists study the mechanics of creating sounds that we interpret as words, writing systems that represent language, semantic analyses of languages and the language acquisition process in humans, among other things that are not the study of grammar.

However, all of these can be related to to the study and application of computer sciences.

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Re:Do you actually like programming? Or is it just a means ... by amichail on Friday March 13, 2009 @08:52PM (#515507)

Traditional CS is important but you only need a small percentage of people with such skills. They would be the ones writing difficult libraries/frameworks to make implementation easy for everyone else.

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