Re:Snap: Programming for Everyone
by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @03:17PM
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> "Programming", better described as applied mathematics, is not and has never been an accessible profession.
Not all people who use programming in their work are professional programmers, just like not all people who use writing in their work are professional writers.
> Computer science is the application of mathematical logic, which by definition, is out of the reach of the majority of students.
No, the application of mathematic logic is not, by definition, out of the reach of the majority of students.
(And programming and computer science are different things, anyway.)
Not all people who use programming in their work are professional programmers, just like not all people who use writing in their work are professional writers.
> Computer science is the application of mathematical logic, which by definition, is out of the reach of the majority of students.
No, the application of mathematic logic is not, by definition, out of the reach of the majority of students.
(And programming and computer science are different things, anyway.)