Re:Scientists should learn to program
by akkartik on Sunday November 25, 2007 @08:46PM
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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 :)
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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
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I did get it. And I wasn't serious either.