I am going to talk a little about something that — yes, I know, I talk about it a lot — but it's been especially playing on my mind lately:
Learning how to code.





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Replying to @o_guest
Is it worth trying to call it "Programming"? Or has that horse bolted?
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Replying to @geospacedman
What's the difference in using a different label in your opinion?
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Replying to @o_guest
To me a "code" means a cipher, its cryptic, illogical almost, whereas "programming" is more descriptive - you are giving a computer a programme of work to do, not a "code" to solve. But hey, "coding" is the new hotness and "programming" is for us old Fortran guys.
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Replying to @geospacedman @o_guest
Huh, "code" is nothing if not logical. It's a matter of understanding the rules. Code of Ethics, Morse Code, etc. "Coding" = building a set of rules for a machine to tell it how to react under certain circumstances. I think it's an accurate description of what is being done.
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I also thought that "programming code" is actually a way to refer to what is colloquially known as code... One doesn't really refer to a function as "programming" — writing a function is "programming" — but the function itself is the [programming] code one has written.
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