What Is 'What Is Code?'

Re:What Is 'What Is Code?' by uptownJimmy on Thursday June 18, 2015 @12:11PM (#9739550)

I agree with both of you. I think the piece is brilliantly done, and the writing is just jaw-droppingly good. But I said to myself, about half-way through reading it: there's just no way a non-coder is going to "get it".

But then, how much better a job could anyone do to explain it to a non-coder? Past a certain point, you either dive in, or you don't.

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Re:What Is 'What Is Code?' by austenallred on Thursday June 18, 2015 @12:21PM (#9739637)

To be clear, I don't think it's the writer's fault. "Teach CS101 in one paragraph" is simply an impossible task

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Re:What Is 'What Is Code?' by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday June 18, 2015 @12:39PM (#9739805)

I think it's brilliant too - possibly the first ever piece of genuine digital journalism.

And I think it's worth making a distinction between two aims - understanding a little about code and the culture around it, and learning how to write professional code.

Obviously you're not going to do the latter in 38,000 words.

But it's superb at the former.

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