Teach Your Kids How To Code, Not How To Speak Chinese Dan Frommer, businessinsider.com
That’s not to say that every­one should become a com­put­er sci­en­tist — that’s not prac­ti­cal. But it’s a good idea for every­one to at least under­stand how com­put­ers and soft­ware work, and how to write rudi­men­ta­ry code. It can be as sim­ple as HTML, or as com­plex as C — that part is up to the indi­vid­ual, and the actu­al lan­guages will change every so often. But a lit­tle code is good for every­one.

Teach Your Kids How To Code, Not How To Speak Chinese
Dan Frommer, businessinsider.com

That’s not to say that every­one should become a com­put­er sci­en­tist — that’s not prac­ti­cal. But it’s a good idea for every­one to at least under­stand how com­put­ers and soft­ware work, and how to write rudi­men­ta­ry code. It can be as sim­ple as HTML, or as com­plex as C — that part is up to the indi­vid­ual, and the actu­al lan­guages will change every so often. But a lit­tle code is good for every­one.

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