Hello. I'm a thirteen year old programmer. I find it strange how I can learn the core of a language in about half an hour. No joke. I've been programming for about a year, and I know about half a dozen languages. Including C/C++, Lisp, Python, Perl, SQL, Java, C#, PHP, and some others. Do I have some sort of ability? Or am I just another young programmer.
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Jump to PostRemember also that the programming language is by far the smallest and easiest thing a Programmer has to learn.
Much larger is the API (.net, Java SE API etc) withoiut which the language is useless. The Java API is over 4000 classes with tens of thousands of methods...
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Jump to PostI know. All of this.
I'm also understand logic VERY well. In fact I'm a Junior ..But apparently, you don't understand punctuation, sentence structure, proper vs. common nouns, and grammar. ;)
Jump to PostSemantic, grammatic, linguistic anomalies
ignorance, arrogance,
It may be that age, but for the smarts
Bullshit
Jump to PostI don't know about anyone else but I found this thread entertaining! As for being a prodigy I think that an interested mind can read a programming book and then say that he/she can program. As many have stated here, programming to people's requirements when requirements change every second hour …
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The same effect can be obtained, more simply, by going to the nearest farm, picking up a small piece of cowpat, and dabbing behind each ear. The aroma of bullshit will then follow you without you having to do anything else.Stand not upon the order of your going, …
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This is what I was thinking, great post!
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