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Why Johnny Can't Code

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the back-in-my-day dept.

GoCanes writes "Salon has an article named 'Why Johnny Can't Code,' an interesting examination of the dearth of line programming languages available today. At first I wanted to read this and say aha, here's a simple line oriented language that's available through open source, but after reading the article I couldn't find any. And being an old fart, I remember the days spent with edlin and basic."

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  1. Because by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Johny" can't type? ;)

  2. TO EDITOR -- FIX TITLE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why Johny Can't Code TWO N'S IN JOHNNY

    1. Re:TO EDITOR -- FIX TITLE by GundamFan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      http://www.google.com/search?q=Johny&start=0&ie=ut f-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-U S:official

      Johny is a name, and perhaps someone named Johny can't code. I hate it when people get bent out of shape over how someone spells a name (especaly there own name).

      By the way:

      John
      Jon
      Jonathan
      Johnathan
      Jack
      Johnny
      Johny

      Go troll the Games section with irratonal Wii love.

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    2. Re:TO EDITOR -- FIX TITLE by sesshomaru · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You forgot one alternaty spelling for Johnny, Nny.

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    3. Re:TO EDITOR -- FIX TITLE by indifferent+children · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Are we still allowed to get bent out of shape when people misspell "especaly"?

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  3. Yeah, and slashdot can't spell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (OK, so we knew that...)

    Maybe they'll fix it, but Johnny ain't typically spelt 'Johny' as it is in the headline. 'Jonny' maybe.

    Johnny 5 is alive.

  4. Re:Bah. by smilindog2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Give me a break. There are no idiots on /. Trolls galore, A-holes, regular geeks, and people who have the most absurd opinions. I have VERY low tolerance for actual idiots, and I'm quite sure you don't count :-)

    Now if George Bush were posting on /. ...

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  5. What? by ratta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The darth side of programming?

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