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Re:Programming Is Not for Everybody by jmmcd on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @02:49AM (#5323447)
John McCarthy (AI, Lisp) once said something akin to: "I think everyone should learn programming. It's the language we'll use to talk to our servants."

I want to use this great quote to advertise a programming class I'm teaching. Can't find the original. Any ideas?

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Re:Programming Is Not for Everybody by lutusp on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @03:08AM (#5323494)
I went looking for it, and it appears in a handful of places:

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22le...

But the sparseness of the hits leads me to think it's not a real quote, or it's been reworded -- something like that.

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Re:Programming Is Not for Everybody by jmmcd on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @05:12PM (#5327746)
Finally found it here

http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/sayings.html

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Re:Programming Is Not for Everybody by jmmcd on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @03:37AM (#5323567)
That search (and lots others I tried) just returns the above HN post.
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