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Re:Scientists should learn to program by akkartik on Sunday November 25, 2007 @08:46PM (#83434)
I was taking amichail's comparison - writing small programs in python vs learning a new natural language - and making it even more extreme to highlight its unfairness. Apparently nobody gets sarcasm anymore :)
Re:Scientists should learn to program by amichail on Sunday November 25, 2007 @09:09PM (#83437)
If a student already knows English, then it's better to learn to write small programs in a high-level language than it is to learn another natural language.
Re:Scientists should learn to program by pixcavator on Sunday November 25, 2007 @09:09PM (#83436)
I did get it. And I wasn't serious either.