Can Anyone Become a Programmer? 767
another random user writes "A Q&A on Ars Technica asks about an old adage that many programmers stick to: 'It takes a certain type of mind to learn programming, and not everyone can do it.' Users at Stack Exchange are wading in with their answers, but what do Slashdot users think?"
Easy distinction... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Absolutely not. (Score:5, Funny)
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Of Course! (Score:5, Funny)
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10 as in two, or ten?
Re:Answer (Score:5, Funny)
I asked but they don't understand what you mean.
Re:Absolutely not. (Score:2, Funny)
So your specs say that you can only have two tasks running at once? Just swap current state to... oh, I see those are external systems and after you lose connection, reconnecting is a bitch... you might be right.
Re:There is nothing special about programming (Score:5, Funny)
one could build and consistently apply a mental model of program execution; the other appeared either unable to build a model or to apply one consistently
So..Programmers and Managers.
Re:Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
That joke ceased being funny, 10 years ago...
Re:There is nothing special about programming (Score:2, Funny)
My, that's a frothy spew you're squirting all over /. today! It's obvious you're just yanking everybody's codpiece, with such choice gems as-
You didn't include yourself in the pool of morons you've defined as being programming-capable. It's not hard to deduce that you're not a coder and resent them all, or you ARE one but went to college and resent the rest because they didn't. Either way, your rage outstrips your ability to reason ... which makes clear you're really in the first bucket- not a developer, because you haven't got the patience or intelligence left to rebuild a carburetor.
Re:There is nothing special about programming (Score:5, Funny)
"Listen up, maggots."
"You are not special."
"You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake."
"You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else."
-Tyler Durden
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