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ProdigalFrog to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 9 months ago

50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything

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50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything

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ProdigalFrog to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 9 months ago
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When Dartmouth College launched the Basic language 50 years ago, it enabled ordinary users to write code. Millions did. But we've gone backwards since then, and most users now seem unable or unwilling to create so much as a simple macro
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      11•9 months ago

      Car user manuals used to tell you how to refill the battery. Now they tell you not to drink what’s in the battery.

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        That’s because we don’t need to fill our battery anymore. The warning is because of those older folks who did sip the battery acid.

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          Nah, it’s because they can change you for the battery, but you could sue them for drinking the juice.

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        FATHER, I CRAVE THE FORBIDDEN JUICE

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      140 years after the automobile, most drivers can’t or won’t design and produce new automobile products.

      Isn’t that a closer analogy?

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