82-Year-Old Pope Francis Is 'First Pope To Write a Line of Code' (geekwire.com) 97
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: After seeing to it that UK Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau all received (widely-publicized) coding lessons, Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi noted in late 2016 that he was "still working on Pope Francis." GeekWire reports that Partovi was able to cross that one off his bucket list Thursday, as he helped Pope Francis become 'the first Pope to write a line of code' at a 'Programming for Peace' event organized by the Pope's foundation, Scholas Occurrentes, in Vatican City (not ready for Twitch.TV video).
"In the 21st century, computer science is a fundamental subject that all students should learn," said Partovi, whose tech-bankrolled nonprofit has entered a partnership with Scholas to introduce children to computer science. "Schools should teach computer science to prepare students for the future, empower children with creativity and teach how to harness technology and creativity." The Pontiff's programming lesson comes a month after Partovi's next-door neighbor, Microsoft President and Code.org Board member Brad Smith, had a sit-down with the Pope to discuss the ethical use of AI and ways to bridge the digital divide between rich and poor nations.
"In the 21st century, computer science is a fundamental subject that all students should learn," said Partovi, whose tech-bankrolled nonprofit has entered a partnership with Scholas to introduce children to computer science. "Schools should teach computer science to prepare students for the future, empower children with creativity and teach how to harness technology and creativity." The Pontiff's programming lesson comes a month after Partovi's next-door neighbor, Microsoft President and Code.org Board member Brad Smith, had a sit-down with the Pope to discuss the ethical use of AI and ways to bridge the digital divide between rich and poor nations.
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The difference between them is that it's OK to be interested in small boys' opinions.
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It's an OK troll, not the worst, but replies too much on the "nerd" insult which is so 1990's.
I liked the Cathar reference, lots of people would have had to look that up. Spoiled by the "How would you like a nice cup of.." trope, which once again has not aged well.
Need to try harder.
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Re: On The Pope's Brain (Score:1)
What's with all the pedo jokes? I was expecting to see something more like ...
while answer is None:
print "God did it."
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No, since the Pope is not a journalist, telling him to "Learn to Code" is not a hate crime, only Journalists - the folks that were quick to dole out that sage advice to non-journalists when they lost their jobs - are protected form that most insidious form of hate speech.
bugfree code forever! (Score:5, Funny)
As the pope is infallible, therefore all of his code is perfect.
Please let him write security-related stuff and new OSes, and the happy days arrive, and stays with us, forever and ever.
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I bet you're a huge hit at parties.
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Must #include (Score:2)
I bet it was an assertion (and one doomed to fail).
What is it with the bullshit? (Score:4, Insightful)
This is about having them put on a band-aid and claiming that was the action of a surgeon. Any educated person can write simple code. Does not mean anything.
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No, it means yet another high-profile celebrity learned to regurgitate simple code that is not even complicated enough to have bugs. Professional scientists often code, and at a much higher level, but still benefit greatly from having an actual coder do it.
This whole "make everybody a coder" bullshit is just a stunt by the tech industry to make coders cheaper. It's not like they care about actual coder quality anyway. The more the merrier.
Re:What is it with the bullshit? (Score:5, Insightful)
This whole "make everybody a coder" bullshit is just a stunt by the tech industry to make coders cheaper. It's not like they care about actual coder quality anyway. The more the merrier.
You could very well be right, but consider another perspective. Maybe it is more "make it less mysterious" so people are less likely to be fooled. For example, I watch videos on how stuff is made, not because I want to manufacture stuff, but to remove the mystery. Or maybe I read a book on playing the guitar so I can have a better appreciation for someone who practiced enough to play well.
Think about HR hiring a software developer. Do you want them to pick the first person who spits up the most buzzwords or to be able to see through the jargon and pick a good candidate?
But yes, the Programmer Pope sure does sound like a PR stunt.
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This whole "make everybody a coder" bullshit is just a stunt by the tech industry to make coders cheaper. It's not like they care about actual coder quality anyway. The more the merrier.
The funny thing is that the industry is massively hurting itself by this and does not understand that at all. Bad coders (and cheap coders are bad coders) are always more expensive in the TCO than good coders, frequently extremely so. And to make matters worse, making coders even cheaper will prevent a lot of talented and capable people from ever going into that profession, so when the industry finally realize they are doing it to themselves, there will not be many good coders left and they will be stuck wi
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printf("Hello afterworld!");
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They fucking type it
I still have some handwritten code sheets (the sheets were pre-printed with a column for the memory addresses, a column for the mnemonics (i.e. assembly language), a column for the hex code and a column for the remarks) from the 1970s.
During summer holidays, I used to write the code during the afternoon/evening, assemble it by hand during the night, and type it in a hex editor in the morning.
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During summer holidays, I used to write the code during the afternoon/evening, assemble it by hand during the night, and type it in a hex editor in the morning.
Sounds delightful, I assume you vacationed alone?
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When I go on holiday with friends I always find time to be alone.
Not everybody is extrovert.
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Like this (Score:2)
10 PRINT "I AM THE POPE"
20 GOTO 10
But that would be 2 lines of code...
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More like
10 PRINT "SALVE MUNDI"
20 GOTO 10
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10 PRINT "I am the Pope": GOTO 10
There, one line of code
Latin (Score:2)
Are there any programming languages in Latin?
10 COGITO ERGO SUM
20 Romanes eunt domus*
*The John Cleese compiler might object
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There's this one: http://users.monash.edu/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata.html
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Are there any programming languages in Latin?
Yes. Perl has a module [metacpan.org] for that.
I'm sure that all the molested kids are thrilled. (Score:1)
Fuck religion. /End
So, Pope Francis ... (Score:2)
... vi or emacs?
Do you want ... (Score:5, Funny)
One easy solution (Score:2)
Just run emacs in vi emulation mode. Everybody's happy?
The Pope's first line of code: (Score:2)
10 PRINT "POPE FRANCIS IS GREAT"
20 GOTO 10
(It might be a little bit behind the times.)
writing code is not computer science (Score:2)
Was it on a ... (Score:1)
... 10 year old's cute ass?
A Missed Opportunity (Score:2)
Had that line been: printf("por la paz\n"); instead of: setScreen("por la paz"); we would have had a line of Holy C!
Perhaps there is still time. Has the Archbishop of Canterbury ever coded? As a confirmed Anglican, that would hold more sway with me anyhow! :-D
First code (Score:2)
20 GOTO 10
Did he write code for altar servers? (Score:2)
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I'll wait to be impressed (Score:1)
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It's a good start. (Score:1)
Probably not the first (Score:2)
Written in... (Score:1)
The Holy C
Fiat lux (Score:2)
More apt title: (Score:2)
"Head honcho of world wide religious pedophilia ring learns to code. Indoctrinated sheep approve."