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Can Anyone Become a Programmer?

Posted by samzenpus on from the special-and-unique-snowflakes dept.

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?"

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  1. Obligatory by istartedi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

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    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?