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		asdasf on Feb 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't Learn to Code, Learn to Program – But Come B... Why 10 years? Given that we've known what a mess the software development world is for 50 years and nothing has improved, what makes you think anything will be better 10 years from now?

tbirdz on Feb 5, 2014 | [–]

Might be a reference to the famous Norvig essay: "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years"?

john-kurkowski on Feb 7, 2014 | | [–]

No, I'm not that clever. It seemed like a reasonable time to check back in and see if the revolution happened.

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