@pmarca Final point: divide within STEM. Recall tension between pen/paper math people and computer builders in MANIAC days of IAS.
I learned BASIC, C, FORTRAN (but hated 'em). Finally found home in Matlab. Today I'd point a newb to Processing or Javascript I think. (2/3)
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@vgr That's probably because you wanted to do math. If you were doing web pages, you would have liked JavaScript. -
@bhudgeons like many pre-web beginners I'd already lost interest in coding for sake of coding by the time JavaScript became an option.
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@vgr Python has been that go-to for me for ages. It's messier, but once you're up the learning curve, squeak is even better for exploratory.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr oh boy only thing I ever learned -- and barely -- was Pascal (Borland). In highschool. Old skool!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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